Herbie Nichols
Real Name:
Herbie Horatio Nichols
Profile:
American jazz pianist and composer, born January 3, 1919 in New York, died April 12, 1963, San Juan Hill, Manhattan, New York.
Nichols originally played in bop groups, but is best known today for his own highly original compositions, program music which combines bop, Dixieland, and West Indian music with harmonies derived from Erik Satie and Béla Bartók.
Nichols originally played in bop groups, but is best known today for his own highly original compositions, program music which combines bop, Dixieland, and West Indian music with harmonies derived from Erik Satie and Béla Bartók.
Sites:
In Groups:
Herbie Nichols Quartet,
Herbie Nichols Trio,
Rex Stewart And His Dixieland Jazz Band,
The Herbie Nichols Project
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