Sunday, August 18, 2013

Nicki Parrott - The Last Time I Saw Paris

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:37
Size: 143.4 MB
Label: Venus
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:01] 1. Under Paris Skies
[4:09] 2. The Windmills Of Your Mind
[5:15] 3. Chanson De Maxence
[4:51] 4. Nuages
[3:42] 5. C'est Si Bon
[4:39] 6. I Will Wait For You
[3:53] 7. Hymne L'amour
[3:22] 8. L'ame Des Poetes
[4:06] 9. The Last Time I Saw Paris
[3:56] 10. The River Seine
[4:55] 11. La Mer
[4:11] 12. La Vie En Rose
[5:03] 13. If You Go Away
[6:29] 14. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?

Born in Newcastle, Australia, Nicki started her musical training at age four with the piano, followed by the flute, soon after. Nicki switched to double bass at the age of 15.

After graduating high school she moved to Sydney to study jazz at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music where she began to play with Australian musicians such as Mike Nock, Dale Barlow, Paul Grabowsky, Bernie McGann, and Ten Part Invention. She also toured Australia with Russian musicians Daniel Kramer and Alexander Fischer and American trumpeters Bobby Shew and Chuck Findley. She continued her studies with various bassists including visiting artists Ray Brown and John Clayton.

Nicki was the recipient of two awards, a scholarship to Pan Pacific Music Camps at the age of 16, and first place in the 1992 Jazz Action Society’s Annual Song Competition for her composition “Come and Get It”, which is the opening track of Nicki and her sister Lisa’s debut CD, “Awabakal Suite”. She was also nominated for the annual Australian Young Achievers Award by the Arts Council of Australia who granted her the funds to come to New York to study with Rufus Reid. Nicki came to New York in May 1994. In June 2000, Nicki began performing on Monday nights at the Iridium Jazz Club with the legendary guitarist and inventor, Les Paul. As part of the Les Paul Trio, Nicki worked side-by-side with guitar greats from Paul McCartney, Slash, Steve Miller to fellow Aussie, Tommy Emmanuel. Since then she has performed with such notable musicians as Michel Legrand, Joe Wilder, Randy Brecker, Clark Terry, Jose Feliciano, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman, Patti Labelle & the New York Pops Orchestra, Harry Allen, Warren Vache, Marlena Shaw, David Krakauer, Ken Peplowski, Ann Hampton Callaway, Bill Mays, Scott Hamilton, Lillian Boutte, Larry Carlton and Houston Person, to name a few.

Nicki is joined by John Di Martino (piano), Gil Goldstein (accordion), Jacob Fisher (guitar) and Tim Horner (drums).

The Last Time I Saw Paris

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