BLUE NOTE RECORDINGS OF HERBIE NICHOLS MOSAIC MR5-118
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MOSAIC MR5-118 5 RECORD SET
DIGITAL MASTER RECORDINGS
THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE RECORDINGS OF
HERBIE NICHOLS
AN UN-NUMBERED PROMO COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION LIMITED TO 7500 SETS
A MOST UNDER APPRECIATED COMPOSER AND A FANTASTIC PIANO STYLIST, HE WAS CUTTING EDGE, YET HIS TRADITIONAL TURNS, AND CLASSICAL KNOWLEDGE APPEALED TO A DEDICATED FOLLOWING OF FANS.
A GREAT SET, IT HAS BEEN PLAYED, NEEDLESS TO SAY BUT, ALL CLEAN, UNBLEMISHED, AND
ALL IN PERFECT CONDITION, IN ORIGINAL SLEEVES, WITH BOOKLET AND IN THE ORIGINAL BOX.
HERBIE NICHOLS A POET, CHRONICLER, SELF MADE SCHOLAR, AND REAL AMERICAN PIANO MASTER. BORN IN 1919 IN NEW YORK, HE LIVED HIS WHOLE LIFE ON THE EDGE, THE NEW YORK JAZZ LIFE, A CUTTING EDGE BE-BOP PIANIST, HE PLAYED WITH MANY GROUPS, TO PAY THE BILLS HE OFTEN FELL BACK, AND PLAYED DIXIELAND AT CONDON'S, BUT HIS COMPOSITIONS CREPT THROUGH, AND THERE HE WAS NOTICED BY ALFRED LION.
LOTS OF UNISSUED WORK, AND INTERESTING TAKES, RECORDED 1955 - 1956 ALL BECAUSE OF MR LION'S ABILITY TO SEE GENIUS IN BE-BOP PLAYED WITH MONK'S ANGULARITY, HAD HERBIE NICHOLS NOT DIED IN 1963 BUT BEEN BORN 50 YEARS LATER HIS ARRANGEMENTS AND POETRY WOULD TRANSLATE PERFECTLY INTO CUTTING EDGE RAP. LISTEN AND PICKUP THE LINE.
5 OUT OF PRINT RECORDS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX AND ORIGINAL PAPERS FROM MOSAIC RECORDS.
TOTAL WEIGHT 2 LBS PACKED FOR SHIPPING.
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