ABOUT

Louise Parker is a Jazz and Soul vocalist based in Plymouth, UK.

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, vocalist Louise Parker, aptly named after Louis Armstrong, was born to create the sort of soulful sound that is earning her a great reputation in the jazz world.

December 2024

Wednesday 4 December 2024, 7.30pm,
Great Hall, Dartington Trust,
South Devon TQ9 6EL
£10. 

August 2024
Sunday 18th August – 1pm till 4pm.
606 Club London
90 Lots Road SW10 0QD

See here: https://www.606club.co.uk/events/view/sunday-lunch-louise-parker/


Past Gigs:

17th September – JOLLY JACKS, Mayflower Marina, Richmond Walk,  Plymouth, PL1 4LS – 3pm – 5pm

20th September –  THE UNION INN, Tamar Street, Saltash, PL12 4 EL – 9pm – 11pm

23rd September – THE BOOTLEGGER, 162-163 Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3AT, 8.30pm – 11pm

24th September – RISING SUN, The Green, Kingsand, PL10 1NH, 9pm – 11pm

28th September – BREAD AND ROSES, 62 Ebrington Street, PL4 9AF, 9pm – 11pm

 

OCTOBER 2022

 

3rd October – BREAD AND ROSES, 62 Ebrington Street, PL4 9AF, 9pm – 11pm

8th October – CALSTOCK ARTS, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, PL18 9QX – 8pm

14th October – Private function

18th October – THE UNION INN, Tamar Street, Saltash, PL12 4 EL – 9pm – 11pm

 

NOVEMBER 2022

 

3rd November – THE TOTNES CINEMA, 27A High Street, Totnes, TQ9 5NP – 8pm

7th November –  BREAD AND ROSES, 62 Ebrington Street, PL4 9AF, 9pm – 11pm

11th November – Garrison Gallery and Cocktail Bar, Barrack Block, Maker Heights, Rame, PL10 LA – 8pm

15th November – THE UNION INN, Tamar Street, Saltash, PL12 4EL – 9pm – 11pm

26th November – THE PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE, 9 -11 Fore Street, Great Torrington, EX38 8HQ

 

DECEMBER 2022

 

3rd December –  THE BOOTLEGGER, 162-163 Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3AT, 8.30pm – 11pm

5th December – BREAD AND ROSES, 62 Ebrington Street, PL4 9AF, 9pm – 11pm

10th December – DALWOOD JAZZ CLUB, Dalwood Village Hall, EX13 7EG – 3pm

11th December – COPLEY ARMS, Hessenford, PL11 3HJ – 3pm

20th December – THE UNION INN, Tamar Street, Saltash, PL12 4 EL – 9pm – 11pm

Past Gigs:

May 2022

13th May, Friday – Leadworks, Rendle Street, Plymouth 7.30pm

17th May, Tuesday – The Union, Saltash 9pm

22nd May,  Sunday – The Copley Arms, Hessenford 2.30pm

June 2022

4th June, Saturday – Jolly Jacks, Mayflower Marina, Plymouth 3pm

11th June, Saurday – St Anne’s Arts, and Community Centre, Paternoster Row, Barnstaple 8pm

21st June, Tuesday – Union Inn, Saltash 9pm

24th June Friday – Tamar Inn, Calstock 9pm

July 2022

 2nd July, Saturday,  – Rising Sun, Kingsand 8.30pm

4th July , Monday – Bread and Roses, Plymouth 8.30pm

9th July, Saturday, – Hatherleigh Music Festival 8pm

19th July, Tuesday – Union Inn, Saltash 9pm

August 2022

24th August, Wednesday – Ashburton Arts Centre with Lateral Flow jazz big band 8pm

25th August, Thursday – Teignmouth Yacht Club with Lateral Flow jazz big band 8pm

26th August, Friday – Bread and Roses, Plymouth with Lateral Flow jazz big band 8.30pm

Sat 22nd Feb 2020
Louise Parker Quartet
Sterts Theatre, Liskeard PL14 5AZ
Starts 7.30pm
Tickets £10
Tickets click here 
Facebook event here

8th Feb 2020
Louise Parker Quartet

White Thorn, Shaugh Prior
Ric Byer on drums, Mike Cosgrave on keys, and Ron Phelan on bass.
9pm start.

11th January 2020 8.30pm
Louise Parker and The Funkatronics
The Bread and Roses,
Ebrington St.
Plymouth

£5.00 on the door

Facebook event here

18th December 7pm -10pm
Louise Parker Quartet
Ashburton Arts
West Street,
TQ13 7DT Ashburton, Devon
Facebook event here

26th October, The Rising Sun, Kingsand. 9pm.

17th November, The Bay Horse, Totnes, 8.30pm.

28th November, Totnes Jazz Club,

29th November, South Molten Jazz Club, The George Hotel, 8.30pm.

20th October, Nina Simone Tribute, The Legion Club, Teigmouth Jazz Festival. 3pm.

Sat, 21 September 2019, 18:30 – 22:30 Toast Coffee House, 2-4 Market Street, Okehampton, EX20

Saturday 15th June, Toast in Okehampton. 7.30pm.

Sunday 16th June Bay Horse Inn in Totnes. 8pm.

Louise Parker Quartet, Sunday 2nd June, Tamar Inn, Calstock, Cornwall, 2pm-4pm

Louise Parker Quartet,  Saturday May 18th at Patchwork Studios, Maker Heights, Kingsand, Cornwall 9PM – Max Turnbull – Keysa, Marcus Vergette – Bass and Mitch Pike – Drums.  Facebook event here

Louise Parker and The FunkaTronics

Friday 22nd February, at The Bread and Roses, Ebrington St. Plymouth,

Louise Parker brings her high energy funk band back for the first time this year!

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/305862463459138/

Tuesday March  12th 2019, 9pm At The Union Inn, Saltash:

“Come and see the fabulously talented Louise Parker Quartet performing jazz standards and Latin grooves, accompanied by Martin Jenkins on keyboards, Jim Rintoul on bass and Colin Seddon on percussion”

The Union Inn, Tamar Street, PL12 4EL Saltash, Cornwall

View even venue on Facebook here:

Louise Parker Quartet, The Tuckers Arms, Dalwood,  Axminster EX13 7EG Saturday 26th January, 8 pm,  £10  –  Martin Jenkins on keyboard, Jim Rintoul on bass and Ric Byer on drums.

Louise Parker Duo at The Union Inn, Saltash, Cornwall, every 2nd Tuesday of Every month at  8pm.

Wednesday 1st August 2018 at The Clifford Arms in Shaldon, Nr. Teignmouth, Devon.

Louise Parker, accompanied by the Amazing Matt Carter on Keys.

View event on Facebook here:

Monday 2nd July, 8 pm, The Bread and Roses,  Ebrington St, Plymouth,

The Louise Parker Quartet: “For this months jazz night we welcome our own Louise Parker to the stage! 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.”

View event on Facebook here:

Tuesday June 12th 2018, 9pm At The Union Inn, Saltash:

“Come and see the fabulously talented Louise Parker Quartet performing jazz standards and Latin grooves, accompanied by Martin Jenkins on keyboards, Jim Rintoul on bass and Colin Seddon on percussion”

The Union Inn, Tamar Street, PL12 4EL Saltash, Cornwall

View event on Facebook here:

 

Press reviews

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

“A splendid new voice on the block.” Humphrey Lyttelton

“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