Jazz Spotlight -- Pianist Herbie Nichols: Overlooked genius

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. Read complete story from answers.com.







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Posted by Pete McConnell at 1/29/2010 8:59 PM
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