"Frank Kimbrough, a pianist of unerring taste and touch, a composer drawn to flowing ethereality, and an improviser steeped in the art of epiphany, died on Wednesday at his home in Long Island City, N.Y.
He was 64. Maryanne de Prophetis, his wife of 31 years, said the likely cause was a heart attack.
Kimbrough was a consummate sideman, and a seasoned bandleader who worked most often in an elastic trio with bass and drums. For more than 25 years, he held down a crucial chair in the Maria Schneider Orchestra — appearing on all but one of Schneider’s nine albums, including Data Lords, the acclaimed two-disc opus released in 2020..." WBGO.
I only became of him through the Herbie Nichols connection, but he was a very fine player apart from that.
RIP.
He was 64. Maryanne de Prophetis, his wife of 31 years, said the likely cause was a heart attack.
Kimbrough was a consummate sideman, and a seasoned bandleader who worked most often in an elastic trio with bass and drums. For more than 25 years, he held down a crucial chair in the Maria Schneider Orchestra — appearing on all but one of Schneider’s nine albums, including Data Lords, the acclaimed two-disc opus released in 2020..." WBGO.
I only became of him through the Herbie Nichols connection, but he was a very fine player apart from that.
RIP.
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