Bryan Nichols
Piano (Jazz)
Bryan Nichols is a pianist, composer, and educator based in Minneapolis. 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 a variety of forward-thinking artists. The Star Tribune has called him 鈥渁 versatile, daring and inventive keyboardist…one of the Twin Cities’ most respected jazz players.鈥 He is a recipient of a prestigious McKnight Fellowship for Performing Artists and a residency at the Kennedy Center for Betty Carter’s聽Jazz Ahead聽program. Bryan has released two albums as a leader to critical and audience acclaim, an original solo piano work,聽Looking North,聽and a suite of originals for his quintet,聽Bright Places.