Title: Looking North Artist: Bryan Nichols Label: Shifting Paradigm Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 811869027363 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2016-07-15 Number of Discs: 1
2016 release. Bryan Nichols is a pianist and composer based in Minneapolis, MN. Often found playing jazz and improvised music, but at home in a variety of musical worlds, he leads and composes for his own trio, quintet, and nonet in addition to performing, recording, and touring with forward-thinking artists like Nicole Mitchell, Ron Miles, and Olga Bell, and groups like the Gang Font, Dead Man Winter, and Halloween, Alaska. Looking North originates in a concept that is simultaneously new and old in jazz: this is regional music for a global audience. Nichols grew up in Minneapolis, spent time in Iowa in college, and started his professional career in the thriving creative music scene of Chicago. The compositions are a varied exploration of Nichols' mind and playing, and take their inspiration from many sources.
Tracks: 1.1 Unringing a Bell 1.2 Lonesome Tremolo Blues 1.3 Fractures 1.4 We Build and Destroy 1.5 Lake View 1.6 Act Natural 1.7 Very Low Impact 1.8 Lullaby for Sharks 1.9 We Live Here 1.10 Finders
