Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols
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| artist = Simon Nabatov
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| released = February 2012
| recorded = 22 September 2007
| venue = Loft, Cologne, Germany
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| genre = Jazz
| length = 64:21
| label = Leo
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Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols is a solo piano album by Simon Nabatov. It was recorded in concert in 2007 and released by Leo Records.
Recording and music
The album of solo piano performances by Nabatov was recorded in concert at Loft, in Cologne, on 22 September 2007.{{cite magazine |last=Bivins |first=Jason |date=October 2012 |title=Simon Nabatov – Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols |magazine=Cadence |volume=38 |issue=4 }} The eight pieces were all composed by pianist Herbie Nichols. "Nabatov tears down these compositions and re-engineers the various melodies and structures."{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/spinning-songs-of-herbie-nichols-simon-nabatov-leo-records-review-by-glenn-astarita.php |title=Simon Nabatov: Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols |last=Astarita |first=Glenn |website=All About Jazz |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=13 February 2018 }}
Release and reception
Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols was released by Leo Records in February 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_632 |title=CD LR 632 |website=leorecords.com |access-date=13 February 2018 }} The Cadence reviewer wrote: "With an abundance of complexity, Nabatov is able to sustain his overlapping lines and constantly changing harmonic colors in a way that’s never excessive or showy, and never loses the music." The Independent described the performances as "marvellously jangly, madly syncopated vamping where the bones of the originals show through."{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-simon-nabatov-spinning-songs-of-herbie-nichols-leo-7742274.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-simon-nabatov-spinning-songs-of-herbie-nichols-leo-7742274.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Album: Simon Nabatov, Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols (Leo) |last=Johnson |first=Phil |website=The Independent |date=12 May 2012 |access-date=13 February 2018 }}
Performances of some of the same material were subsequently released on DVD by PanRec.{{cite web |url=http://www.freejazzblog.org/2013/05/relevant-dvds-new-ones-and-not-so-new.html |title=Relevant DVDs – New ones and Not So New Ones |website=freejazzblog |date=8 May 2013 |access-date=13 February 2018 }}
Track listing
- "23 Skiddoo"
- "The Spinning Song"
- "Blue Chopsticks"
- "Lady Sings the Blues"
- "Sunday Stroll"
- "The Third World"
- "Terpsichore"
- "Twelve Bars"
Personnel
- Simon Nabatov – piano