Herbie Nichols
One of jazz's most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism. He wasn't known widely enough to exert much influence in either department, but his music eventually attracted a rabid cult following, though not quite the wide exposure it deserved.
Nichols was born January 3, 1919, in New York and began playing piano at age nine, later studying at C.C.N.Y. After serving in World War II, Nichols played with a number of different groups and was in on the ground floor of the bebop scene. However, to pay the bills he later focused on Dixieland ensembles; his own music -- a blend of Dixieland, swing, West Indian folk, Monk-like angularity, European classical harmonies via Satie and Bartók, and unorthodox structures -- was simply too unclassifiable and complex to make much sense to jazz audiences of the time. Mary Lou Williams was the first to record a Nichols composition -- "Stennell," retitled "Opus Z," in 1951; yet aside from the song he wrote for Billie Holiday, "Lady Sings the Blues," none of Nichols' work got enough attention to really catch on.
He signed with Blue Note and recorded three brilliant piano trio albums from 1955-1956, adding another one for Bethlehem in late 1957. Nichols languished in obscurity after those sessions, though; sadly, just when he was beginning to find a following among several of the new thing's adventurous, up-and-coming stars, he was stricken with leukemia and died on April 12, 1963. In the years that followed, Nichols became a favorite composer in avant-garde circles, with tributes to his sorely neglected legacy coming from artists like Misha Mengelberg and Roswell Rudd. He also inspired a repertory group, called the Herbie Nichols Project, and most of his recordings were reissued on CD.
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Discografía
20 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Herbie Nichols (3 CD set)
Jazz - Editado por Blue Note Records el 1/01/1997
Discoteca Ideal Qobuz16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 2 (Audio)
Jazz - Editado por Blue Note Records el 1/01/1955
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Four Classic Albums (The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol 1 / Hebie Nichols Trio / The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol 2 / Love, Gloom, Cash, Love) [Remastered]
Jazz - Editado por AVID Entertainment el 5/08/2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Remastered)
Jazz - Editado por AVID Entertainment el 1/01/1958
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Original Recording Remastered 2013)
Jazz - Editado por Bethlehem Records el 1/01/1958
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 (Audio)
Jazz - Editado por Blue Note Records el 1/01/1955
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Herbie Nichols Trio: Complete Studio Master Takes
Jazz - Editado por Lone Hill Jazz el 1/01/2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hebie Nichols Trio (Remastered)
Jazz - Editado por Avid Entertainment el 12/08/2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol 1 (Remastered)
Jazz - Editado por AVID Entertainment el 1/01/1955
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Les Idoles Du Jazz: Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1
Jazz - Editado por Mpm el 11/11/2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol 2 (Remastered)
Jazz - Editado por AVID Entertainment el 1/01/1955
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Herbie Nichols: The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3
Jazz - Editado por Universe Remasterings el 21/10/1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Herbie Nichols: Love, Gloom, Cash, Love
Jazz - Editado por Blue Velvet el 1/01/1958
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol. 2
Jazz - Editado por CoolNote el 1/01/1955
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Prophetic Herbie Nicholas, Vol. 1
Jazz - Editado por CoolNote el 1/01/1955
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Hangover Triangle
Jazz - Editado por A Riff Supreme el 11/01/2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Art of Herbie Nichols
Jazz - Editado por SINETONE AMR el 8/02/2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Prophetic (Original Jazz Sound)
Jazz - Editado por Original Jazz Sound el 30/07/2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo