The Herbie Nichols Project

The Herbie Nichols Project was introduced by the Jazz Composers Collective in 1994. Co-led by Frank Kimbrough and Ben Allison, the latest recorded incarnation of the group includes Ron Horton on trumpet, Ted Nash and Michael Blake on saxophones, Wycliffe Gordon on trombone, and Matt Wilson on drums (though roughly twenty players have participated in it at one time or another).

The basis of the Herbie Nichols Project is twofold – to introduce the long-neglected music of this great American composer to musicians, audiences and record collectors; and to arrange, perform and record his work with horns – something he never was able to do in his lifetime.

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