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News: Event

Nicki Parrott Presents a Tribute to Peggy Lee and Julie London

April 1, 2010

Jazz vocalist and string bass player Nicki Parrott will perform classics by Julie London and Peggy Lee on Sunday, April 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, New Jersey, 07726. Parrott is the resident bassist with the Kitchen House Blend band which premieres and performs new music ...

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Moon River

By Nicki Parrott

Label: Venus Records
Released: 2009

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Fly Me To The Moon

By Nicki Parrott

Label: Venus Records
Released: 2009

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Bending the Mainstream: Harry Allen, Nicki Parrott & Eddie Metz Jr.

by Elliott Simon
July 4, 2009

Nicki ParrottFly Me to the MoonVenus Records2009 The Eddie Metz Jr. TrioBridging the GapArbors Records2008 Stan Getz characterized the challenge that tenor saxophonists face as singing perfectly on an imperfect ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Venus Records

by Ken Dryden
March 7, 2009

Venus Records may be sparsely represented in North American record stores, though it has built quite a loyal following among jazz aficionados who frequent online music sources. Tetsuo Hara, the owner and founder of the label, has long been a jazz fan: “When I was a very young man, I listened to many 78-rpm records that ...

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Moon River

By Nicki Parrott

Label: Venus Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Moon River; Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?; Say It Isn't So; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; Takin' A Chance On Love; I Don't Know Enough About You; Makin' Whoopee; Cry Me A River; What A Difference A Day Made; Besame Mucho; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; Nicki's Blues; The More I See You.

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Article: Album Review

Nicki Parrott: Moon River

Read "Moon River" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
December 7, 2008

It seems, according to some unwritten rule, that most female jazz instrumentalists sooner or later record a vocal album or two. Unfortunately, on these recordings, often passable vocal skills take precedence over superior instrumental talent. Perhaps this is intended to meet the demands of the commercial market, with bassist Nicki Parrott's Moon River a prime example. ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicki Parrott: Moon River

Read "Moon River" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
February 1, 2008

Japan's appetite for American jazz is ever increasing and their Venus Records has been releasing new material from mainstream artists that is attractively packaged and superbly recorded. Included in their catalog is Moon River, bassist/vocalist Nicki Parrott's debut as a leader. Much in demand as a bassist, Parrott has developed a uniquely emotive ...

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Nicki Parrott & Rossano Sportiello: People Will Say We

By Nicki Parrott

Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Cup Bearers; Blues For Basie; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; You Blew Out The Flame In My Heart; Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love); One For Amos; Revolutionary Etude, Etude In C, Opus 10, No. 12; Moon River; What A Little Moonlight Can Do; Time Was; They Say It's Wonderful; Why Did You Tell Me: I Love You?/I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me; Moon Shadow; The Man I Love; Lost Love Blues; People Will Say We're In Love.