Big Nick Nicholas
Big And Warm
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

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.