I perform regularly with musicians like: James Buckley, Chris Thomson, JT Bates, Michael Lewis, Adam Linz, Chris Bates, Bruce Henry, Dean Magraw, Dave King, Anthony Cox, Chris Morrisey, Kelly Rossum, Scott Fultz, Alden Ikeda, Phil Hey, Jay Epstein, Gordy Johnson, Jeremy Boetcher, Tim Glenn, Brandon Wozniak and lots of other dudes who are way cool too.
Influences
Who do you even put in these things? I'm heavily influenced by friends like JT Bates, Chris Thomson, Michael Lewis, Adam Linz, James Buckley. I'm influenced by Andrew Hill and Sonny Clark and Kenny Barron and Keith Jarret and Bill Carrothers and Craig Taborn and Herbie Hancock and Geri Allen. Miles Davis? Jimi Hendrix? Nick Drake? Thelonious Monk. Jason Moran is pretty sweet, but so is Radiohead. Happy Apple. Uri Caine. Paul Motian. I'm forgetting everyone really, but lots of influences, ok?
This is my 2006 bio. I'll fix it one of these days.
Bryan Nichols is a recent transplant back to the Twin Cities area. Born in Minneapolis, he moved to Chicago in 2001 upon completion of a degree in Genetics from Iowa State University. In Chicago (and now Minneapolis) he kept a busy performing and recording schedule, but also taught, composed, and was actively involved in a number of non-profit music organizations, including MusicAlive! and Urban Gateways. In 2004, he was selected to be a resident at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. as part of Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead, a highly selective program for promising young jazz artists and composers. 2005 saw him traveling to Paris, France to perform at the Sons d'Hiver Festival, as well as Kerava, Finland, for the Kerava Jazz Festival. He has played with some of the world's finest musicians, including Anthony Cox, Steve Cole, Ernest Dawkins, Von Freeman, David Boykin, Nicole Mitchell, Jeff Parker, Oliver Lake, Dave King (of the Bad Plus) and Maurice Brown. Notable performances include venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, the famed Green Mill Cocktail lounge in Chicago, the 2001 and 2002 Chicago Humanities Festivals and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
