Nicki Parrott plays bass and sings Nat King Cole’s songbook with the help of fellow jazzmates John Di Martino on piano, Frank Vignola on guitar and Lisa Parrott on saxophone and clarinet. 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.

Характерный хрипящий голос - что-то среднее между Клептоном и Би-Би-Кингом. Но самое главное - это эмоции. То, чего было сложно ожидать от непробиваемого героя боевиков - поет Стивен крайне выразительно. Интонационные пассажи - как вокальные, так и инструментальные, вкупе с задорными словами делают альбом необычайно живым и актуальным. Это не похоже на песни стареющей звезды, желающей сказать: «Смотрите, а еще я на машинке умею и крестиком могу». Это реальное творчество, которое, повторюсь, гораздо интереснее фильмов Сигала.

Contemporary jazz-R&B funkster Brian Culbertson has had love on his mind essentially since last Valentine's Day. Inspired by the occasion of his twentieth wedding anniversary last fall, the keyboardist began writing thirteen new songs about a year ago dedicated to his wife, Michelle, which make up his "Colors of Love" album that was released on Wednesday, Valentine's Day, by BCM Entertainment.