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Fly Me To The Moon

Label: Venus Records
Released: 2009

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

Read "Bending the Mainstream: Harry Allen, Nicki Parrott & Eddie Metz Jr." reviewed by Elliott Simon


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

Read "Venus Records" reviewed by Ken Dryden


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

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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Nicki Parrott: Moon River

Read "Moon River" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


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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Nicki Parrott: Moon River

Read "Moon River" reviewed by Elliott Simon


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

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.

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Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)

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Label: Arbors Records
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Nicki Parrott & Rossano Sportiello: People Will Say We

Read "Nicki Parrott & Rossano Sportiello: People Will Say We" reviewed by Elliott Simon


Nicki Parrott & Rossano Sportiello People Will Say We're In Love Arbors Records 2007 With People Will Say We're In Love, bassist Nicki Parrott and pianist Rossano Sportiello have stepped to the forefront and formed a musical partnership that keeps the melody squarely in focus while creating an atmosphere of ...


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