Big Nick Nicholas

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

Big And Warm
New - Vinyl - IN 1061
Sealed 1983 Original, Cut Corner. Tenor Saxophonist Big Nick Nicholas Was Active For More Than 50 Years Without Ever Receiving Consistent Recognition Or Material Rewards Commensurate With His Contribution To Early Modern Jazz. He Is Usually Remembered As The Caloric Soloist Who Improvised For 16 Bars On Dizzy Gillespie's 1947 Recording Of "Manteca"; As The Honoree Of A Warmly Whimsical Portrait Recorded By John Coltrane With Duke Ellington In 1962, And As A Weathered Veteran Who Enjoyed A Brief Comeback During The 1980s. He Preserved His Wonderfully Eccentric Scat Singing On A Disarming Version Of "Corrine Corrina." Big And Warm Was Followed In 1985 By Big Nick. Neither Of These India Navigation Albums Has Received The Attention They Deserve. more

Big Nick
New - Vinyl - IN-1066
Sealed 1985 Original. Cut Corner. Tenor Saxophonist Big Nick Nicholas Was Active For More Than 50 Years Without Ever Receiving Consistent Recognition Or Material Rewards Commensurate With His Contribution To Early Modern Jazz. He Is Usually Remembered As The Caloric Soloist Who Improvised For 16 Bars On Dizzy Gillespie's 1947 Recording Of "Manteca"; As The Honoree Of A Warmly Whimsical Portrait Recorded By John Coltrane With Duke Ellington In 1962, And As A Weathered Veteran Who Enjoyed A Brief Comeback During The 1980s. 4 1/2 Stars In All Music Guide. This Album Was Preceded By "Big And Warm." Neither Of These India Navigation Albums Has Received The Attention They Deserve. more