Herbie Nichols Trio is the third album by American jazz pianist Herbie Nichols

Herbie Nichols

Herbie Nichols , 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.-Life:...

 featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label in 1956.

Reception

Although originally unheralded at the time of release Nichol's Blue Note recordings have gained recognition as highly original and ground-breaking compositions and performances. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 awarded Nichols' The Complete Blue Note Recordings, released in 1997, a five star rating and stated "The music is virtually unclassifiable, and although largely straight-ahead, sounds unlike anything produced by Herbie Nichols' contemporaries. Essential music".

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Nichols except as indicated

1. "The Gig" - 4:27
2. "House Party Starting" - 5:41
3. "Chit-Chatting" - 4:04
4. "Lady Sings the Blues
   Lady Sings the Blues (song)
   "Lady Sings the Blues" is a song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday, and jazz pianist Herbie Nichols.It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records ....
   
   " - 4:25
5. "Terpsichore" - 4:01
6. "Spinning Song" - 4:56
7. "Query" - 3:29
8. "Wildflower" - 4:06
9. "Hangover Triangle" - 4:05
10. "Mine" (George Gershwin
    George Gershwin
    George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
    
    , Ira Gershwin
    Ira Gershwin
    Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
    
    ) - 4:03
    • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on August 1, 1955 (tracks 1-4 & 9), August 7, 1955 (track 5) and April 19, 1956 (tracks 6-8 & 10)

Personnel

• Herbie Nichols
  Herbie Nichols
  Herbie Nichols , 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.-Life:...
  
   - piano
  Piano
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• Teddy Kotick
  Teddy Kotick
  Teddy Kotick was a jazz bassist who appeared as a sideman with many of the leading figures of the 1940s and 1950s, including Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Horace Silver, Phil Woods and Bill Evans....
  
   (tracks 6-8 & 10), Al McKibbon
  Al McKibbon
  Al McKibbon was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz.In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950...
  
   (tracks 1-4 & 9) - bass
  Double bass
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• Max Roach
  Max Roach
  Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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