Posts filtered by tags: Herbie Nichols[x]
January 13, 2021 at 12:05 PM “Casual of gesture but deeply focused in demeanor, [he] had an understated style that could nonetheless hold the spotlight in trio settings, or fit slyly into [Maria] Schneider’s 18-piece big band. In many ways, his playing reflected the Romantic, floating manner of his first jazz influence, Bill Evans. But his off-kilter style as both a player and a composer also called back to two of his more rugged bebop-era influences: Herbie Nichols and Thelonious Monk.” – The New York Times Tags: Art, People, Bill Evans, Frank Kimbrough, Herbie Nichols, 01.12.21, Maria -RSB- Schneider109 people like this. Like
December 30, 2019 at 2:54 PM Spinning Song: Duck Baker Plays The Music Of Herbie NicholsIn the New York jazz scene of the 1950s and early sixties, the breadth and depth of his talent won enormous respect for pianist and composer Herbie Nichols. One of those affected by Nichols is Duck Baker, a fingerstyle guitarist from Richmond. – Doug Ramsey Tags: Art, New York, Richmond, Ajblogs, Nichols, Herbie Nichols, 12.29.19, Herbie NicholsIn, Duck Baker102 people like this. Like
March 20, 2019 at 1:25 PM Both Lennie Tristano and Herbie Nichols were active on the New York scene in the 1950s. Though worlds apart stylistically, their music demonstrates how the piano accommodates myriad personalities. Tags: New York, News, Lennie Tristano, Herbie Nichols144 people like this. Like
January 5, 2019 at 2:55 AM In The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed supermodel Gisele Bundchen for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section on her childhood in Brazi (go here). She talked about growing up with five sisters remai best friends today. Her parents did something right. Gisele was discovered by a model scout in a Brazilian mall when she was 14.
While I had her, I asked Gisele for two Brazilian album recommendations. Here's Tribalistas (2002)...
And here's Maria Gadú (2009)...
Black... Tags: Japan, New York, Toronto, Davis, Jazz, Cbs, Miles Davis, Mansion, Wall Street Journal, Dick, Kenton, York, Miles, Nichols, Giulietta, FRANKFURT Germany54 people like this. Like
August 1, 2018 at 10:13 AM Video presentations and photography by Molly Sheridan
Transcription by Julia Lu
It has been more than three quarters of a century since the bebop revolution transformed how people made music together. So it is not surprising that so few musicians who came to prominence during that era are no longer with us, especially since so many—like Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Herbie Nichols, Elmo Hope, Eric Dolphy, and on and on–had tragically short lives. But what is more surprising is that one of thes... Tags: Asia, Europe, Japan, England, New York, Mississippi, California, China, Germany, Virginia, Nigeria, Africa, Religion, America, Senegal, Spain73 people like this. Like
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