Search results for "Herbie Nichols"

Mengelberg, Lacy, Lewis, Gorter, Bennink: Change of Season (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

For someone who scuffled in virtual anonymity during his lifetime, the highly individualistic post-bop pianist/compos...

Herbie Nichols: The Gig (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 26, 09

Two of Herbie Nichols' most evocative recorded tracks (each cut on the same day), are "House Party Starting" and "The...

Herbie Nichols: Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music July 28, 08

Countless songs have been written about the relationship between romance and money, from "Money Honey" and "Romance W...

Herbie Nichols: Beyond Recall (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 07, 09

“Beyond Recall” is from Herbie Nichols’ last recording date as a leader, Love, Gloom, Cash, Love, recorded in 1957 wi...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Herbie Nichols: Applejackin' (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Herbie Nichols remains one of the most under-recognized figures in jazz history, but luckily his entire output for Bl...

The Herbie Nichols Project: Dr. Cyclops' Dream (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 05, 08

If not for such musicians as Roswell Rudd, Misha Mengelberg, Buell Neidlinger, Geri Allen and Steve Lacy, Herbie Nich...

Nichols, Herbie (Herbert Horatio) posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

Composer and pianist Herbie Nichols’ inquisitive spirit lives on amongst a growing group of young followers, and in t...

Mengelberg, Lacy, Lewis, Gorter, Bennink: Spinning Song (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Herbie Nichols is one of the very few pre-Ornette, bop-derived composers whose tunes have attracted interpreters from...

Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron: House Party Starting (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 15, 08

Compared to Herbie Nichols's evocative original version, this Lacy-Waldron rendition should be called "House Party En...

Adam Birnbaum: House Party Starting (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 08, 08

In the liner notes, Adam Birnbaum calls this track a "tribute to the great unsung pianist/composers over the years wh...

Kimbrough, Frank (Frank Marshall Kimbrough Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kimbrough, Frank (Frank Marshall Kimbrough Jr.), piano; b. Roxboro, NC, 2 November 1956. His father, Frank Kimbrough,...

Allison, Ben (Wyeth) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Allison, Ben (Wyeth) , bassist-composer; b. New Haven, CT 17, November, 1966. Allison grew up with his mother Millie ...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Rudd, Roswell posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

Few have what it takes to rise to the top of the jazz avant-garde even once, much less twice - but trombonist Roswell...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 07, 08

Someday The New York Times or The New Yorker will report on this scrappy little web site that aims to review all o...

In Conversation with Roswell Rudd posted in Features and Interviews October 11, 08

By Tomas Peña "You blow in this end of the trombone and sound comes out the other end and disrupts the cosmos."...

Blake, Michael (Stephen) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Blake, Michael (Stephen), tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, flute, piano; b. Montreal, Canada,...

The Best Jazz Web Links: March 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages March 19, 08

Changes coming at IAJEThe organization is retrenching and looking for a new leader. Rememb...

Richmond, Dannie (Charles Daniel) posted in Encyclopedia November 19, 08

Dannie Richmond was Charles Mingus's musical foil over twenty years. In Richmond, Mingus found a saxophonist-turned-...

New Jazz Bios: From Buddy Bolden to Sun Ra posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 15, 09

Hidden away in the inner recesses of jazz.com is our ambitious Encyclopedia Project. Dozens of contributors have b...

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