Cat. No. 2949: NICKI PARROTT ~ AT BOB BARNARD'S JAZZ PARTY 2007. NIF NUF JAZZ 43/033
NICKY PARROTT IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE FOREMOST FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST AND BASS PLAYER IN AUSTRALIA.
NICKY TOOK PIANO LESSONS WHEN SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, THEN LEARNED FLUTE. WHEN NICKI WAS FIFTEEN, SHE STARTED PLAYING DOUBLE BASS, AND AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL SHE STUDIED AT THE NEW SOUTH WALES CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC IN SYDNEY. WHILE IN SCHOOL, NICKI PERFORMED WITH AUSTRALIAN MUSICIANS DALE BARLOW AND MIKE NOCK AND WITH AMERICAN MUSICIANS CHUCK FINDLEY AND BOBBY SHEW.
NICKI MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY IN 1994 AND CONTINUED HER EDUCATION ON BASS WITH RUFUS REID. HER TEACHERS ALSO INCLUDED RAY BROWN AND JOHN CLAYTON. FOR SEVERAL YEARS SHE PLAYED BASS GUITAR AND SANG BACKING VOCALS FOR A R&R BAND IN MANHATTAN. IN 2000 NICKI BECAME THE BASSIST FOR LES PAUL IN HIS TRIO'S WEEKLY PERFORMANCES AT A CLUB IN MANHATTAN. IN HER CAREER NICKI HAS RECORDED 36 ALBUMS AS WELL AS FEATURING ON SEVERAL OTHER ALBUMS BY OTHER ARTISTS. THIS SELECTION IS EXTREMELY RARE AND IS NOT EVEN LISTED IN NICKY'S DISCOGRAPHY.
TRACK LISTING: Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby / I Wished On The Moon / You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To / Memories Of You / Sentimental Journey / I Found A New Baby / De Lovely / Softly As In A Morning Sunrise / Good Queen Bess / As Long As I Live.
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