Nicki Parrott came to New York in May 1994 on an Arts Council grant from Australia to study with the internationally acclaimed bassist, Rufus Reid. Since June 2000, Nicki has played on Monday nights at the Iridium Jazz Club with the legendary guitarist and inventor, Les Paul.

Since coming New York she has performed with such notable musicians as Clark Terry. Michael Legrand, Billy Taylor, Dick Hyman, Terri Thornton, Holly Hoffman. DIVA, Marlena Shaw, Monica Mancini, Patrice Rushen. Skitch Henderson, the New York Pops Orchestra, Florida Pops Orchestra, DIVA, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Warren Vaché Jr., Harry Allen, Red Holloway. Rebecca Paris, Kenny Davern, Jose Feliciano, Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Bernard Purdie, John Tropea, David Creakier, Howard Alden, Randy Sandke, Greg Osby, Jack Wilkins. Ken Peplowski, Johnny Frigo, Joe Wilder, Houston Person, Wycliffe Gordon, Rachel Z and Johnny Varro.

Nicki has performed at such major festivals in the USA as the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y. Litchfield Jazz festival, Detroit Jazz festival, and the Lionet Hampton Jazz Festival.

Born in 1970 in Newcastle, Australia. Nicki started her musical training with the piano at the age of four. and soon offer took up the flute as well. She continued to ploy flute and piano throughout her school years but switched to double bass at the age of 15 because her sister Lisa who plays alto sax wanted a bassist for her group.

After completing high school. Nicki moved to Sydney to study jazz at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and shortly after began to play with well-known Australian musicians such as Mike Nock. Dole 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.

Nicki is recording a vocal and bass album with Grammy nominated producer Joe Mardin. The album. is slated to be released in 2006 by NuNoise Records.