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Herbie Nichols
jazz pianist and composer
United States • 1919-01-03 – 1963-04-12
Herbie Nichols is credited on 435 releases across 111 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
435
Pressings credited
111
Albums
8
Decades active
69
In collections
Biography
Herbert Horatio Nichols (January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963) 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.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
435 releases · 111 albums · active 1951–2025
- Performance · 723
- Other credits · 24
Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · MoWest Studios · Glen Glenn Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Lady Sings The Blues
1956
Herbie Nichols Trio
1983
Herbie Nichols Trio
1956
An Evening With Diana Ross
1977
Lady Sings The Blues (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1972
The Essential Billie Holiday (Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live)
1961
At Newport
1958
Jazz Sampler
1955
Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years
1991
All Or Nothing At All
1978
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday: Music From The Motion Picture
2021
The Platinum Collection
2017
The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959
1992
Lady Day
1984
History Of Jazz
1978
Live In San Francisco
1966
The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1
1955
A Sound Odyssey
Frequent collaborators
- Billie Holiday
- Various
- Herbie Nichols Trio
- Diana Ross
- Archie Shepp
- Clusone 3
- Vic Dickenson
- Misha Mengelberg
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