Nicki Parrott


Nicki Parrott is a jazz vocalist and bass player from Australia.
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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.

Career

She 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 an R&B band in Manhattan. She started a trio with John Tropea and David Spinozza. 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.
Parrott recorded her first album, Awabakal Suite, 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. She has recorded tribute albums to Burt Bacharach, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Blossom Dearie, Peggy Lee, and the Carpenters.

Awards and honors

Discography

As leader

Awabakal Suite with Lisa Parrott Moon River People Will Say We're in Love with Rossano Sportiello Do It Again with Rossano Sportiello Fly Me to the Moon Black Coffee Can't Take My Eyes Off You Like a Lover with Ken Peplowski Sakura Sakura Summertime Autumn Leaves Winter Wonderland Live at the Jazz Corner with Rossano Sportiello, Eddie Metz The Last Time I Saw Paris The Look of Love Angel Eyes It's a Good Day with Rossano Sportiello, Eddie Metz Sentimental Journey Two Songbirds of a Feather with Rebecca Kilgore From Joplin to Jobim with Engelbert Wrobel, Paolo Alderighi, Stephanie Trick Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Song Book Strictly Confidential with Rossano Sportiello, Eddie Metz Dear Blossom Unforgettable Mambo to Tango Close to You Stompin' at the Savoy: A Tribute To Ella & Louis with Byron Stripling New York to Paris
  • ''If You Could Read My Mind''

As guest

With David KrakauerA New Hot One The Twelve Tribes Live in Krakow Bubbemeises
With Chuck ReddFor George, Cole, and Duke Groove City
With others