Lizzy Parks is tagged as: jazz, soul, female vocalists, funk, tru thoughts Lizzy Parks is a singer/songwriter. Her debut album ‘Watching Space’ infuses the soaring jazz melodies of Ella Fitzgerald with the cutting edge sensibility of Bjork. With vocal comparisons to Erykah Badu and the songwriting skills of Carole King, Lizzy combines the musical freedom of jazz with a cool modern edge. Lizzy Parks caught the attention of TruThoughts recordings via her involvement with the Nostalgia 77 and Nostalgia 77 Octet (TruThoughts featured artists) projects. She has loved and lived music all her life with the help of an old clarinet (in the very early years), piano, tenor sax and, of course, her vocal chords. She grew up in Devon in the South West of England but opted for a taste of city life when she moved to Birmingham to study Jazz at university. There she did most of her growing up (musically and the rest!) and had the pleasure of playing with some great musicians including Chris Bowden (a killer sax player) who asked her to sing on his ‘Slightly Askew’ album for Ninja Tune in 2001. This and other early successes set the scene for her musical journey. Further sessions followed for various labels and artists including tracks such as Nostalgia 77’s ‘Hope Suite’ for Tru Thoughts, which was nominated for Gilles Peterson’s BBC R... Read More About Lizzy Parks Biography...  Send Lizzy Parks ringtones to your cell
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