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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The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Herbie Nichols (3 CD set)
Jazz - Lançado por Blue Note Records em 01/01/1997
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The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 2 (Audio)
Jazz - Lançado por Blue Note Records em 01/01/1955
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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 - Lançado por AVID Entertainment em 05/08/2016
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Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por AVID Entertainment em 01/01/1958
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Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Original Recording Remastered 2013)
Jazz - Lançado por Bethlehem Records em 01/01/1958
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The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 (Audio)
Jazz - Lançado por Blue Note Records em 01/01/1955
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Herbie Nichols Trio: Complete Studio Master Takes
Jazz - Lançado por Lone Hill Jazz em 01/01/2005
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The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Volume 1
Bebop - Lançado por Music Manager em 01/01/1955
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Hebie Nichols Trio (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Avid Entertainment em 12/08/2016
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Herbie Nichols Trio
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 01/01/2000
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The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Volume 2
Jazz - Lançado por Music Manager em 01/01/1955
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The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol 1 (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por AVID Entertainment em 01/01/1955
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The Complete Herbie Nichols Trio Recordings (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz - Lançado por Plenty Jazz Records em 05/07/2014
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The Complete Prophetic Herbie Nichols (Remastered Edition)
Jazz - Lançado por jjjedizionimusicali em 09/02/2022
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Les Idoles Du Jazz: Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1
Jazz - Lançado por Mpm em 11/11/2020
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The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol 2 (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por AVID Entertainment em 01/01/1955
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Herbie Nichols: The Complete Blue Note Recordings, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3
Jazz - Lançado por Universe Remasterings em 21/10/1997
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Complete Studio Master Takes
Jazz - Lançado por Ascension Records em 28/07/2005
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Herbie Nichols - Vintage Sounds
Jazz - Lançado por Retro Music Box em 25/01/2022
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Herbie Nichols: Love, Gloom, Cash, Love
Jazz - Lançado por Blue Velvet em 01/01/1958
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