Bassist and composer Todd Nicholson has performed with Billy Bang, Peter Brotzmann, Roy Campbell, Eddie Gale, Frank Lowe, Tatsuya Nakatani, William Parker, Alan Silva, James Spaulding, and Steve Swell among others. He recently relocated to Tokyo, Japan and has become active in the jazz and improvised music scenes, establishing working relationships with koto player Michiyo Yagi and violinist Keisuke Ohta. He has appeared in a variety of settings throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan, including the Vision Festival (NYC), the Rochester Jazz Festival, the Other Minds Festival (San Francisco), Tampere Jazz Happening (Tampere, Finland), Sons d'Hiver (Paris), the Ottawa Jazz Festival and the Full Moon Festival (Mangetsu sai) in Miyajima, Japan (the island off the coast of Hiroshima). He has collaborated with numerous dancers, most recently Carmen deLavallade and Gus Solomons jr. at Symphony Space. He also leads his own group, the Otic Band/Ensemble. Recent recorded appearances include "Long Hidden: The Olmec Series" by William Parker (AUM Fidelity), "First, Keep Quiet" by the Gauci Trio (CIMP Records), "A Prayer For Peace" by the Billy Bang Quintet (TUM Records, to be released this fall), a live recording by the Billy Bang Quintet (Justin Time).
November 23, 2004 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: The Vision Festival / www.visionfestival.org PRESS Contact: Jim Eigo [email protected] / 845.986.1677 VISION CLUB www.visionfestival.org or call 212 696 6681 Admission: $10 per set/$15 for entire evening Nov. 27, Dec. 4, Dec. 11 at Lotus Lotus 109 west 27 8th floor - near 6 Ave sets at 8pm & 9:30 November 27: 8pm Todd Nicholson Group Ted Daniel trpt, Daniel Carter reeds & trpt 9:30pm Joe McPhee's Steve Lacy Tribute FORGET PARIS Rosie Hertlein ... read more
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