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Born: January 03, 1919 in New York, NY
Years Active: 50 's, 60 's
Died: April 12, 1963 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
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 ...More >>

Discography: 1982 Out of the Shadow 1957 Love, Gloom, Cash, Love 1957 Bethlehem Session 1956 Third World 1956 Herbie Nichols Trio More >>

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Influenced By: John Lewis Thelonious Monk Vladimir Horowitz Duke Ellington More >> Followers: Reptet Sun Ra Mal Waldron Misha Mengelberg Phillip Johnston More >>

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