Alluring, seductive and a little bit cheeky, Nicola Milan’s style of jazz fusion blends swing, blues and Latin into a mysterious pot of tantalizing jazzy goodness, all wrapped up in Nicola’s silky Julie London-esque vocals. With songs about love, lust and passion listening to Nicola’s music is an intimate affair as she transports you back to a time where men wore top hats and women dressed divine. On stage, Milan flirts shamelessly with her audience as she serves up a buffet of cleverly crafted songs intertwined with her quirky sense of humor; all part of her playful, sophisticated charm.Milan recorded her debut full length album “Forbidden Moments” which was released on 10 May 2013 to a sellout crowd. The result of two years of songwriting work, the album boasts an incredible line up of musicians and has received rave reviews from the music industry, media and fans.It has been noticed how well crafted her work is with her bossanova ‘Love Me More’ being chosen over thousands of entries to become a finalist in the coveted John Lennon International Songwriting Contest in 2013.Milan’s cheeky swing number ‘No Room For Promises’ also won a finalist spot in the UK International Songwriting Contest and also in the Australian Songwriting Contest; both of which also receive thousands of entries each year and are judged by industry heavy weights such as Sting’s producer Kipper Eldridge, legendary producer Stuart Epps (Elton John, Robbie Williams, Oasis) and top producer and arranger Richard Niles (Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Mariah Carey) to name a few.“Witty, sophisticated and original, it is exciting to see such an intelligent and honest artist and songwriter surface in Australia.” – Limelight Magazine (Australia’s premier Arts and Classical and Jazz Music Publication)Nicola has her songs placed in feature length films, written music for a popular web series, released a debut EP ‘Little Rendezvous’ in November 2011 which went straight to #1 on the jazz charts in Honolulu and Wisconsin in the USA and is touring Australia nationally in January 2014 to promote her new album with shows scheduled for Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.“Milan sings through the rest of the world with her confident alto voice, well-balanced, inside and out. She shows that she can readily compose and sing in any genre or subgenre she chooses whether the gypsy-tinged tango of “The Scent of Her Perfume” or the American stage ballad “I Begin To Understand.” -allaboutjazz.com (USA)