Nicki Parrott

Nicki Parrott
Born 1970
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, vocalist
Instruments Double bass
Years active 2000–present
Labels Venus, Arbors
Associated acts Les Paul, Rossano Sportiello
Website www.nickiparrott.com

Nicki Parrott (pronounced pa-ROTT) is a jazz vocalist and bass player from Australia.

Background

Parrott took piano lessons when she was four years old, then learned flute. When she 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, Australia. While in school, she performed with Australian musicians Dale Barlow and Mike Nock and with American musicians Chuck Findley and Bobby Shew.[1]

Career

She moved to New York City in 1994 and continued her education on bass with Rufus Reid.[1] Her teachers also included Ray Brown and John Clayton. For several years she played bass guitar and sang backing vocals for an R&B band in Manhattan. She started a trio with John Tropea and David Spinozza.[2] In 2000, she became the bassist for Les Paul in his trio's weekly performances at a club in Manhattan. She appeared in two documentaries about Paul: Chasing Sound and Thank You, Les.[1]

Parrott recorded her first album, Awabakal Suite (2001), with her sister, Lisa Parrott. She had roles on Broadway in the musicals Jekyll & Hyde and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Her first solo album, Moon River, was released in 2008 and consisted of jazz standards.[1] She has recorded tribute albums to Burt Bacharach, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Blossom Dearie, Peggy Lee, and the Carpenters.[3]

Awards and honors

  • Best Vocal Album, Swing Journal, Moon River, 2007; Fly Me to the Moon, 2008
  • Golden Disc Award, Swing Journal, Black Coffee, 2010

Discography

  • Awabakal Suite with Lisa Parrott (Monkey Pants, 2004)
  • People Will Say We're in Love with Rossano Sportiello (Arbors, 2007)
  • Fly Me to the Moon (Venus 2008)
  • Do It Again with Rossano Sportiello (Arbors, 2009)
  • Moon River (Venus, 2010)
  • Black Coffee (Venus, 2010)
  • Like a Lover with Ken Peplowski (Venus, 2011)
  • Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Venus, 2011)
  • Winter Wonderland (Venus, 2012)
  • Fever (Venus, 2012)
  • Live at the Jazz Corner with Rossano Sportiello (Arbors, 2012)
  • Autumn Leaves (Venus, 2012)
  • Summertime (Venus, 2012)
  • Sakura Sakura (Venus, 2012)
  • The Last Time I Saw Paris (Venus, 2013)
  • The Look of Love (Venus, 2014)
  • It's a Good Day (Arbors, 2014)
  • Angel Eyes (Venus, 2014)
  • Two Songbirds of a Feather with Rebecca Kilgore (Arbors, 2015)
  • Strictly Confidential (Arbors, 2016)
  • Sentimental Journey (Venus, 2015)
  • Yesterday Once More (Venus, 2016)
  • From Joplin to Jobim with Englebert Wrobel (Wrobel, 2015)
  • Dear Blossom (Arbors, 2017)
  • Unforgettable (Venus, 2017)
  • Close to You (Venus, 2017)[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Deming, Mark. "Nicki Parrott". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Zlatopolsky, Ashley (8 July 2013). "Interview – Nicki Parrott". For Bass Players Only. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Loudon, Christopher (24 November 2017). "Dear Blossom". JazzTimes. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Discography". Nicki Parrott. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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