(1919-01-03)January 3, 1919 San Juan Hill, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died
April 12, 1963(1963-04-12) (aged 44) New York, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician, composer
Instrument(s)
Piano
Labels
Blue Note, Bethlehem
Musical artist
Herbert Horatio Nichols (January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963)[1] was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard "Lady Sings the Blues". Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics.[2]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1826. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^Johnson, David Brent; Miller, Mark (5 April 2010). "Night Lights: Herbie Nichols' Third World". Indiana Public Media. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
jazzdisco. Retrieved October 21, 2022. Nichols, Herbie; Rudd, Roswell (2000). The Unpublished Works of HerbieNichols: 27 Jazz Masterpieces. Brooklyn, N.Y...
The Prophetic HerbieNichols, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related ten-inch LPs by jazz pianist HerbieNichols recorded on May 6 & 13, 1955 respectively...
HerbieNichols Trio is an album by American jazz pianist HerbieNichols, recorded on August 1 & 7 1955 and April 19, 1956 and released on Blue Note in...
The HerbieNichols Project was an American jazz ensemble dedicated to performing the music of composer and pianist HerbieNichols. The group was co-founded...
Spinning Songs of HerbieNichols is a solo piano album by Simon Nabatov. It was recorded in concert in 2007 and released by Leo Records. The album of solo...
leading interpreter of songs by fellow pianists Thelonious Monk and HerbieNichols. Mengelberg was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, the son of the Dutch conductor...
the HerbieNichols Project, a band made up primarily of Collective members. The band researched and performed the music of pianist/composer Herbie Nichols...
C. in 1980 and then New York City in 1981. His influences included HerbieNichols, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, Keith Jarrett, Cecil Taylor...
Quartet Hank Mobley Blue Note (BLP 5066) 1955 The Prophetic HerbieNichols Vol. 2 HerbieNichols Blue Note (BLP 5069) 1955 Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet Duke...
album by the HerbieNichols Project, an American jazz ensemble dedicated to performing the music of composer and pianist HerbieNichols. It was recorded...
had to record everything they did. The first was Monk, the second was HerbieNichols, and the third was Andrew Hill, where he didn't care how much money...
to the music of Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, and HerbieNichols. The word "Dixie" is the nickname of the Southern United States, wherein...
album by the HerbieNichols Project, an American jazz ensemble dedicated to performing the music of composer and pianist HerbieNichols. It was recorded...
1952)[10"] Gil Mellé, Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet (Blue Note, 1953) HerbieNichols, HerbieNichols Trio (Blue Note, 1955) Oscar Pettiford, Oscar Pettiford Sextet...
Nichelle Nichols (/nɪˈʃɛl/ nish-EL; born Grace Dell Nichols; December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress, singer and dancer whose portrayal...
and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004) 1919 – HerbieNichols, American pianist and composer (d. 1963) 1920 – Siegfried Buback, German...
Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:07 "Lady Sings the Blues" (Billie Holiday, HerbieNichols) – 3:02 "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 3:19 "This...