She definitely was a huge inspiration to my first album Diamond in the Dust. I played her record relentlessly and it was like I’d always known it, if that makes sense. "From that moment I was hooked and wanted to know everything about her. Yet the sound was totally fresh and hip." I heard her voice from another room and literally pushed my way to the front of the already spellbound crowd to find this slightly shy cool Camden chick with big hair and a beguiling voice possessed by all the Jazz goddesses that went before her. I first discovered Amy at Midem in Cannes. For me, it was like Amy had been sent to us from another time. "I think that might have to be Amy Winehouse - Back to Black. The record I’ve played more than any other… Not long after that I realised this dream and got picked up by the Oxford Jazz Company." Nina Simone led me to the Queen that is Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Peggy Lee and before long I was dreaming of standing on smoky stages in nightclubs singing sultry standards with some swinging cool cats. I was about 15 when I discovered my passion for Jazz. I got into trip-hop, namely Portishead and Tracey Chapman’s Fast Car was a seminal album for me. "At that time, I didn’t know I was to pave my own way in music. Me and my girlfriends became loyal groupies." My older brothers had indie bands through school and college and later signed to EMI with a band called Parade. "I’m not sure if there was a particular record that made me want to be in a band because I was exposed to so many different music styles growing up in a big family of five siblings. The record that made me want to be in a band… I was probably only about nine! It was such a thrill to put it on the turntable and that must have been the beginning of my romance with vinyl!" "My first memory of feeling the excitement of owning my very own record, although I can’t promise I paid for it, was holding that well-known EP, An Eternal Flame by The Bangles. The first record I ever bought with my own money… This week, it's the turn of jazz-influenced pop-noir singer Purdy, let's see what she opts for. In My Record Collection, we dig down to the bottom of musicians' souls to find out what the most treasured parts of their record collection are.