Clovis Nicolas Cd Release For Solo Bass Album 'autoportrait' (sunnyside 4117) at Soapbox Gallery

Clovis Nicolas is a jazz bass player and composer living in New York City, who graduated from the Juilliard School. His warm, precise and tasteful bass playing gained him a solid reputation on the international scene, which led to performances with artists such as Peter Bernstein, Herbie Hancock, Jeremy Pelt, Brad Mehldau, Harry Allen, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Curtis Fuller. Parallel to his busy schedule as a sideman, Clovis is also a band leader who released three albums for Sunnyside Record: “Nine Stories” (Best Albums of the Year in DownBeat), “Freedom Suite Ensuite” (CHOC in Jazz Magazine) and most recently his first solo album "Autoportrait."...

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Clovis Nicolas is a jazz bass player and composer living in New York City, who graduated from the Juilliard School. His warm, precise and tasteful bass playing gained him a solid reputation on the international scene, which led to performances with artists such as Peter Bernstein, Herbie Hancock, Jeremy Pelt, Brad Mehldau, Harry Allen, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Curtis Fuller. Parallel to his busy schedule as a sideman, Clovis is also a band leader who released three albums for Sunnyside Record: “Nine Stories” (Best Albums of the Year in DownBeat), “Freedom Suite Ensuite” (CHOC in Jazz Magazine) and most recently his first solo album "Autoportrait."

You will hear, from Mr. Nicolas, well thought out bass lines that spur the band in the direction that he wants them to go… A very, very good bass sound
– Ron Carter

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