The Louise Parker Quartet

Highlights
* Renowned Jazz singer with the respect of some of the county’s top Jazz aficionados!
* Based in Plymouth but available to travel anywhere in the UK for a highly reasonable rate
* Flexibility offered with a Quartet to Quintet available
* Varied set list from Billie Holiday to Bill Withers and Roberta Flack
* This style of music is both intimate and great to dance to
* Louise has worked with Humphrey Lyttelton and has high praise from top Jazz Journals
* Worked in both public and private events with many satisfied customers
* Fully self contained with a 750 watt PA system

“There’s no substitute for good time and tone... Tender or wild her voice never lost its warmth and her phrasing had an in-built propulsion rarely heard from others.” Jack Massarik, London Evening Standard

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Growing up in a house filled with music, from the folk, calypso and opera enjoyed by her Jamaican born mother to the trad, swing and be-bop from her jazz-obsessed father, Louise Parker, aptly named after Louis Armstrong, was born to create the sort of soulful jazz she is rapidly gaining a reputation for.

A big hit on the festival circuit and a regular on Radio 2’s Best of Jazz, British vocalist, Louise Parker is a powerful live performer and a skilful interpreter of swing, blues and gospel classics. She commits to each song with the warmth, spirit and passion of the great jazz divas.

Combining a potent mix of funk and gospel, Louise blends an effortless rhythmical style with a sweet warm tone and daring scatting to create a performance which truly stirs the soul.

Citing influences that include Sarah Vaughan, and Billie Holiday, Louise Parker has been enchanting audiences at venues and festivals around the UK including, Glastonbury Festival, Pizza Express, The Isle of Wight International Jazz Festival, Lichfield Music Festival with the Humphrey Lyttelton Band and Plymouth Orange Music Festival among others.

Whether performing with her own Louise Parker Trio or with other notable jazz musicians such as BBC Jazz Award winner, saxophonist Alan Barnes, Louise Parker is not to be missed.

Your Event
Fully self contained with her own PA 750 watt system, Louise can provide music between sets - of the jazz genre and most other genres - for no extra charge. She is also happy to consider requests; the first for no extra charge and any subsequent songs for a small fee. Please ask your agent for more details.

Press Quotes

“This year’s next big thing.”
London Evening Standard

“A splendid new voice on the block…Swings like fury.”
Humphrey Lyttelton

“Watch out for Louise Parker!”
Barry Clare, Just Jazz

“A totally genuine jazz performer…a perfect lesson in feeling and phrasing.”
Les Tomkins, The Jazz Rag

“On all the normal counts of what makes a good jazz singer, Louise Parker seems to qualify; clear diction, fine projection, warmth, a feel for the lyrics and, most all, she seems to give every song the right ‘weight’.”
Just Jazz

“There’s no substitute for good time and tone... Tender or wild, her voice never lost its warmth and her phrasing had an in-built propulsion rarely heard from others.”
Jack Massarik London Evening Standard

“Sweetly soulful jazz vocals.”
Mike Flynn, Jazzwise Magazine

“What Louise does with every track is to make it her own.” Clare Robinson, Plymouth Evening Herald

“Louise has that extra special something.”
Paul Kelly, Plymouth City Council

“Congratulations on the CD – I think it’s great!”
Humphrey Lyttelton

“ …what a big sound. At last…..a PROPER new British Jazz singer.”
Mark Cotgrove (Snowboy)

“I don‘t think I‘ve heard a better jazz voice in this country.”
Blues and Soul Magazine
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Transcription from HUMPHREY LYTTELTON - ‘Best of Jazz’ BBC Radio 2
Monday 16th July 2007

‘Here’s a splendid new voice on the block taking cheerful liberties with the song ‘Love Me Or Leave Me’ by songwriter’s Donaldson and Kahn, and swinging like fury in the process.

Yeah, well, the name which I’ve no doubt will soon be household, is Louise Parker who shows remarkable style and assurance after only six years in the singing business.

Incidentally, her father, a crazy jazz fan, named her Louise after - Louis Armstrong.

The pianist there was Craig Milverton who’s given Louise much encouragement, and should feel well rewarded by this hugely impressive self-produced album called ‘No More Strangers’.

And if the CD’s not picked up by a commercial label then the music business is in an even sorrier state than I imagined.’