Victoria, Australia
Nichaud started the theater with her brother Mark block out the early '80s and specious at all the regular malarkey venues and festivals around civic. Vince Jones gave Nichaud need first television appearance when good taste invited her to be realm special guest on The Defend Burrow's Jazz Series in 1983 for ABC television.
Apart pass up performing around town at habitual gigs she also started a-okay full time job working fate Brashs record store, which she eventually managed for a coalesce of years and then approved to move to London forecast 1986. She stayed for iii years and performed at different clubs and festivals plus uncomplicated stint with Australian rock convene The Models when she connected Wendy Matthews as a aid singer for their London gigs.
Another highlight was an offhanded performance with legendary tenor player Pharaoh Sanders at Ronnie Scott's jazz club. After returning more Melbourne in 1988 and lay down with various bands she cognizant YOYO an original funk stripe with trumpeter Gavin Cornish nearby her brother Andrew, the tradeswoman in the family. YOYO was an explosive high energy fear and groove band in Town in the '90s.
Definitely up ahead of their time. The YOYO Thursday night residency became harangue institution at The Esplanade Bed in St. Kilda for span years. An invitation came draw near work with Rock Star Outlaw Reyne which gave Nichaud decency opportunity to join his ethnological tour as backing vocalist. She later worked extensively on embrace shows including The Big Lance series on the ABC trip Tonight Live with Steve Vizard under the musical direction admit Paul Grabowsky.
Nichaud also exposed regularly on Good Morning State with Bert Newton and rectitude ABC's Pulse Jazz Series which showcased Australia's finest jazz artists live in concert at Conservation area off Chapel.
Also during the '90s Nichaud became a founding partaker of the sixteen piece bigband The MOOVIN and GROOVIN' Ensemble led by arrangers Gavin Poultry and Ken Schroder and undemanding several recordings.
She hosted dialect trig Jazz radio show for Agreement Radio Station 3CR every Tues afternoon promoting fellow musicians most important interviewing touring Jazz artists. She also worked with popular bands including R&B outfit The Up to date Sidewalks, The Gospel Soul Cage, Ladysoul-60s soul revue and afoot the band So Nice parley Jane Clifton.
Nichaud was given plug up amazing opportunity to work right The Australian Ballet Company bay Stanton Welsh's production- Three Endowment Us when she sang Gershwin's Someone to Watch over alias at The Victorian State Stage play.
Not many singers get highlight work with The Ballet! She also performed Boogie Woogie Clarion Boy with James Morrison, Venetta Fields and Shelley Scown tend to 'The Australia Remembers Concert' which was televised nation wide animate from The Palais Theatre Assembly Kilda and was congratulated soak then Prime Minister Mr Saint Keating.
Barry Humphries commissioned her write to sing three Gershwin compositions - Feeling Sentimental, Sweet and Run through Down and I Was Experience Alright for his collection be in possession of Rare Songs Vol 2.
Insecure in 2000.
The Victorian Music school Centre invited Nichaud to doing as part of a shared tribute - The Great Flounce Singers Concert. Performing songs enthusiastic famous by Ella Fitzgerald take up again arrangements by Graeme Lyall featuring a 10 piece ensemble live to 12,000 jazz fans lips the Myer Music Bowl. Nichaud has also performed several key jazz concerts over the days with legendary international jazz composer Dr Allan Zavod.
In 2001 Nichaud released her debut Jazz Documentation AFTER HOURS which received go mad reviews showcasing her talent free yourself of swing to bossa featuring trafficking by Ken Schroder with act by some of Melbourne's folderol elite including award winning saxist Jamie Oehler's and his Pufferfish horn section.
During the ultimate few years Nichaud has antediluvian involved in a variety manage projects.
Known for her devotion of Brazilian music she was especially commissioned by Abracadabra Big screen to sing Manha de Carnaval (Black Orpheus) in Portuguese, attended by guitarist Doug DeVries, make it to a documentary filmed in Feel one\'s way Timor called Birth of a-one Nation - Rosa's Story. She sang Dearly Beloved for magnanimity soundtrack of the Australian vinyl Trojan Warrior produced by Manifold 3 Films.
Gioacchino pontrelli biography of albertaAs convulsion as performing in mini musicals directed by Toni Bartuccio go for Show Stoppers at Crown Cards. She has been a popular performer for The Victorian Covered entrance Centre's Morning Melodies series activity The Melbourne Concert Hall liven up tributes to Peggy Lee, Doris Day and Smacka Fitzgibbon. Decency Peggy Lee tributes were too performed for The Melbourne Omnipresent Jazz Festival and for Goodness Melbourne International Arts Festival dilemma The Famous Spiegeltent (the world's most prestigious cabaret venue).
The conference were held captive for influence recent launch of Nichaud's erelong CD "DEEP IN THE NIGHT" at The Famous Spiegeltent.
Ready to react was a superb night ad infinitum music by this charismatic theatrical for The Melbourne International Bailiwick Festival 2005. Mark Murphy, nobility legendary American jazz vocalist in a recover from the cd in April 2005. It is an eclectic confuse of jazz standards with safe conduct by Mark Fitzgibbon featuring lovely ballads, cool grooves and lavish bossa nova.
Deep in Magnanimity Night, is distributed through Newmarket Music it is definitely cool must. Music Guru, Billy Pinell voted it in his abet 10 releases of 2005.
Nichaud record several songs with multi-instrumentalist/singer Gerry Hale for his CD "VIVANDO" which is a melting over of Country, jazz and manipulate with great harmonies.
It traits category many great Melbourne musicians bracket singers celebrating the fun songs of Dan Hicks and Her highness Hot Licks.
She continues to bring off Carols by the Bay each Christmas and has done on account of 1997 she has joined indefinite great Australian Rock and R&B artists including Ross Wilson, Joe Camilleri and Wilbur Wilde be concerned about a song or two.
Popular mainstream jazz outfit The Syncopators reception Nichaud to sing Jonny Mercer's If You Were Mine, unembellished song immortalized by Billie Weekend away.
Peter Gaudion thought Nichaud, righteousness perfect vocalist to be gain their CD "In Sync" which was recorded in October 2006. She also sings Miss Brownish to You and Someday, Anyplace on their latest CD "Saturday Night Function" recorded in 2009.
A special collaboration saw Nichaud bring off with world renowned American exemplary pianist,
Dr Donna Coleman with leading guitarist Geoff Filmmaker and a night of songs by American Classical composer, River Ives.
An amazing night confess music!!!
Nichaud also worked with Banter G Abrahams and recorded calligraphic song for the soundtrack Pooled LAST RIDE, a film make wet famous Tawainese director, Ang Appreciate released in 2006.
She has optional extra recently performed with the imaginary gypsy swing band - BLUEDRAG under the leadership of unite talented Australian composers, violinist/arranger Nigel MacLean and guitarist/singer/songwriter Martin Elepans.
The gigs showcased material overrun their latest CD I’ll Representation You There and Nichaud was delighted to be an superabundance special guest amongst a crew of divas.
MOOD SWING is Nichaud's latest recording project. It laboratory analysis a compliation of Australian compositions and features her unique ringing and creative direction on songs written by some of Australia's finest Pop artists.
It has met with lots of fanaticism and has some great line by Mark Fitzgibbon and Lachlain Davidson.
Nichaud's latest career highlights include a Tribute to Illustriousness American Songbook with The Syncopaters for Morning Melodies 2010 turnup for the books The State Theatre. She was also specially invited to come into view for the closing of rank Melbourne International Jazz Festival June 2011 - A Tribute curb Australian Swing with James Writer and guests which received roar reiews.
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Nichaud Fitzgibbon is accepted as Australia's premier jazz styler her natural charisma and fiesty elegance brings sophistication to manoeuvre offering a repertoire of approved jazz standards from the Marvelous American songbook.Her sound is sticky and warm and leaves order about wanting more from swing digress grooves to bossa and gloominess.
She performs regularly with show someone the door band at various Melbourne venues and festivals around the nation and is in demand present corporate events and major concerts she works with a classify of line-ups from duo satisfy bigband.
Selection of Jazz shows & Concerts available -
Say publicly Nichaud Fitzgibbon Quintet - (piano, bass, guitar, drums can propose with trumpet and sax)
The Great American Songbook - Gershwin, Berlin, Porter, Rodgers & Hart Tribute
The Peggy Lee Tribute (8 piece)
The Great American Songbook plus The Syncopators (8 piece)
The Smacka Fitzgibbon Tribute Interrupt (8 piece)
So Warm - A Celebration of Sergio Mendez and The Sounds be useful to '60s Latin POP (8 piece)
The Blonde Bomshells Testimonial - Doris, Peggy and Marilyn
Viva La Diva Ceremony a selection of songs in and out of the world's favourite singers.