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Frank Kimbrough

January 01, 1970

This article is about the jazz pianist. For the American football coach, see Frank Kimbrough (American football).

Frank Kimbrough (November 2, 1956 – December 30, 2020) was an American post-bop jazz pianist. He was born and raised in Roxboro, North Carolina. He did some work at Chapel Hill before moving to Washington, D. C. in 1980 and then New York City in 1981.[1]

His influences included Herbie Nichols, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, Keith Jarrett, Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, and Andrew Hill.[1][2][3] After signing with Mapleshade Records, he released his first album, Star-Crossed Lovers, on cassette tape in 1986 and his first CD in 1988. Kimbrough often shifted labels but is mostly affiliated with Palmetto.

In the 1990s he was a member of the Herbie Nichols Project, a repertoire ensemble dedicated to performing both known and undiscovered works by the pianist and composer Herbie Nichols. He also co-founded The Jazz Composers Collective with Allison.

Throughout his career Kimbrough recorded albums with a cast of illuminates in the field of jazz music including Paul Murphy, Joe Locke, Michael Blake Ron Horton and Ted Nash. He also played in the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra.

Kimbrough was also a music educator, teaching piano at New York University during the 1990s, and became a professor at the Juilliard School in 2008.[1]

Following Kimbrough's death, Newvelle Records produced a digital tribute album, Kimbrough, in 2021 that featured multiple ensembles covering 58 of his compositions. [4]

Discography edit

Year recorded Title Label Notes
1986 Star Crossed Lovers Mapleshade
1987 Double Visions Mapleshade Duo with Steve Williams.
1988 Lonely Woman Mapleshade Trio, with Ben Wolfe (bass), Jeff Williams (drums)[5]
1996 Love Is Proximity Soul Note With The Herbie Nichols Project
1997? Chant Igmod Trio, with Ben Allison (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)[6]
1997 Saturn's Child OmniTone Duo, with Joe Locke (vibraphone)[7]
1997 Noumena Soul Note With Scott Robinson (tenor sax, baritone sax), Ben Monder (guitar), Tony Moreno (drums, percussion); in concert[7]
1998 Quickening OmniTone With Ben Allison (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums); in concert[7]
1999 Dr. Cyclops' Dream Soul Note With The Herbie Nichols Project
2000 The Willow OmniTone With Joe Locke (vibraphone)[7]
2001 Strange City Palmetto With The Herbie Nichols Project
2002 Autumn LoNote Duo with Ron Brendle[8]
2003 Lullabluebye Palmetto With Ben Allison (bass), Matt Wilson (drums)[7]
2005 Play Palmetto With Masa Kamaguchi (bass), Paul Motian (drums)[7]
2007 Air Palmetto [9]
2008 Verrazano Moon OmniTone Duo with Joe Locke[10]
2010 Rumors Palmetto [11]
2012 Live at Kitano Palmetto [12]
2013 Afar ScienSonic Duo with Scott Robinson[13]
2014 Quartet Palmetto With Steve Wilson, Lewis Nash, and Jay Anderson[14][15]
2015 Meantime Newvelle On vinyl[16]
2016 Solstice Pirouet[17] Trio with Jay Anderson, Jeff Hirshfield
2018 Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk Sunnyside Quartet with Rufus Reid, Billy Drummond, Scott Robinson
2021 Ancestors Sunnyside Trio with Kirk Knuffke, Masa Kamaguchi[18]

With Ted Nash

With Maria Schneider

With Ben Allison

With Michael Blake

  • Drift (Intuition Music, 2000)
  • Elevated (P&M Records, 2002)
  • Tiddy Boom (P&M Records, 2014)

With Dawn Upshaw and Maria Schneider

With Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project

Literature edit

  • Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford/New York 1999, ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Russonello, Giovanni (January 12, 2021). "Frank Kimbrough, Pianist With a Subtle Touch, Is Dead at 64". New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Freitas, Filipe (September 17, 2019). "Frank Kimbrough Interview, NYC". Jazz Trail. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  3. ^ Marriner, Douglas (January 4, 2021). "Tribute: Frank Kimbrough (1956-2020)". London Jazz News. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  4. ^ Kaplan, Fred (December 15, 2021). "The Best Jazz Albums of 2021". Slate. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  5. ^ Henderson, Alex. "The Frank Kimbrough Trio: Lonely Woman". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Adler, David R. "Frank Kimbrough: Chant". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 824. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  8. ^ Nathan, Dave (April 18, 2002). "Ron Brendle/Frank Kimbrough: Autumn". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  9. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Frank Kimbrough: Air". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Frank Kimbrough: Verrazano Moon". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  11. ^ Bilawsky, Dan (March 4, 2010). "Frank Kimbrough: Rumors". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  12. ^ Bilawsky, Dan (October 17, 2012). "Frank Kimbrough Trio: Live At Kitano". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  13. ^ "Frank Kimbrough / Scott Robinson: Afar". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "Frank Kimbrough: Quartet". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  15. ^ Bilawsky, Dan (October 1, 2014). "Frank Kimbrough: Quartet". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  16. ^ "Frank Kimbrough: Meantime". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  17. ^ "Frank Kimbrough Solstice". pirouet.de. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  18. ^ "Frank Kimbrough: Ancestors". jazztimes.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

External links edit

  • AllMusic
  • Frank Kimbrough discography at Discogs
  • Frank Kimbrough's home page


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This article is about the jazz pianist For the American football coach see Frank Kimbrough American football Frank Kimbrough November 2 1956 December 30 2020 was an American post bop jazz pianist He was born and raised in Roxboro North Carolina He did some work at Chapel Hill before moving to Washington D C in 1980 and then New York City in 1981 1 His influences included Herbie Nichols Thelonious Monk Bill Evans Vince Guaraldi Keith Jarrett Cecil Taylor Paul Bley and Andrew Hill 1 2 3 After signing with Mapleshade Records he released his first album Star Crossed Lovers on cassette tape in 1986 and his first CD in 1988 Kimbrough often shifted labels but is mostly affiliated with Palmetto In the 1990s he was a member of the Herbie Nichols Project a repertoire ensemble dedicated to performing both known and undiscovered works by the pianist and composer Herbie Nichols He also co founded The Jazz Composers Collective with Allison Throughout his career Kimbrough recorded albums with a cast of illuminates in the field of jazz music including Paul Murphy Joe Locke Michael Blake Ron Horton and Ted Nash He also played in the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra Kimbrough was also a music educator teaching piano at New York University during the 1990s and became a professor at the Juilliard School in 2008 1 Following Kimbrough s death Newvelle Records produced a digital tribute album Kimbrough in 2021 that featured multiple ensembles covering 58 of his compositions 4 Contents 1 Discography 2 Literature 3 References 4 External linksDiscography editYear recorded Title Label Notes 1986 Star Crossed Lovers Mapleshade 1987 Double Visions Mapleshade Duo with Steve Williams 1988 Lonely Woman Mapleshade Trio with Ben Wolfe bass Jeff Williams drums 5 1996 Love Is Proximity Soul Note With The Herbie Nichols Project 1997 Chant Igmod Trio with Ben Allison bass Jeff Ballard drums 6 1997 Saturn s Child OmniTone Duo with Joe Locke vibraphone 7 1997 Noumena Soul Note With Scott Robinson tenor sax baritone sax Ben Monder guitar Tony Moreno drums percussion in concert 7 1998 Quickening OmniTone With Ben Allison bass Jeff Ballard drums in concert 7 1999 Dr Cyclops Dream Soul Note With The Herbie Nichols Project 2000 The Willow OmniTone With Joe Locke vibraphone 7 2001 Strange City Palmetto With The Herbie Nichols Project 2002 Autumn LoNote Duo with Ron Brendle 8 2003 Lullabluebye Palmetto With Ben Allison bass Matt Wilson drums 7 2005 Play Palmetto With Masa Kamaguchi bass Paul Motian drums 7 2007 Air Palmetto 9 2008 Verrazano Moon OmniTone Duo with Joe Locke 10 2010 Rumors Palmetto 11 2012 Live at Kitano Palmetto 12 2013 Afar ScienSonic Duo with Scott Robinson 13 2014 Quartet Palmetto With Steve Wilson Lewis Nash and Jay Anderson 14 15 2015 Meantime Newvelle On vinyl 16 2016 Solstice Pirouet 17 Trio with Jay Anderson Jeff Hirshfield 2018 Monk s Dreams The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk Sunnyside Quartet with Rufus Reid Billy Drummond Scott Robinson 2021 Ancestors Sunnyside Trio with Kirk Knuffke Masa Kamaguchi 18 With Ted Nash Rhyme amp Reason Arabesque 1999 With Maria Schneider Coming About Enja 1996 Allegresse Enja 2000 Days of Wine and Roses Live at the Jazz Standard ArtistShare 2000 Concert in the Garden ArtistShare 2004 Sky Blue ArtistShare 2007 The Thompson Fields ArtistShare 2015 Data Lords ArtistShare 2020 With Ben Allison Seven Arrows Koch 1996 Medicine Wheel Palmetto Records 1998 Third Eye Palmetto Records 1999 Riding the Nuclear Tiger Palmetto Records 2001 Peace Pipe Palmetto Records 2002 Buzz Palmetto Records 2004 Layers of the City Sonic Camera 2017 With Michael Blake Drift Intuition Music 2000 Elevated P amp M Records 2002 Tiddy Boom P amp M Records 2014 With Dawn Upshaw and Maria Schneider Winter Morning Walks ArtistShare 2013 With Ryan Truesdell s Gil Evans Project Centennial ArtistShare 2012 Lines of Color ArtistShare 2015 Literature editLeonard Feather and Ira Gitler The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford New York 1999 ISBN 978 0 19 532000 8References edit a b c Russonello Giovanni January 12 2021 Frank Kimbrough Pianist With a Subtle Touch Is Dead at 64 New York Times Retrieved January 12 2021 Freitas Filipe September 17 2019 Frank Kimbrough Interview NYC Jazz Trail Retrieved October 24 2022 Marriner Douglas January 4 2021 Tribute Frank Kimbrough 1956 2020 London Jazz News Retrieved October 24 2022 Kaplan Fred December 15 2021 The Best Jazz Albums of 2021 Slate Retrieved October 24 2022 Henderson Alex The Frank Kimbrough Trio Lonely Woman AllMusic Retrieved April 19 2021 Adler David R Frank Kimbrough Chant AllMusic Retrieved April 19 2021 a b c d e f Cook Richard Morton Brian 2008 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 9th ed Penguin p 824 ISBN 978 0 141 03401 0 Nathan Dave April 18 2002 Ron Brendle Frank Kimbrough Autumn All About Jazz Retrieved April 19 2021 Henderson Alex Frank Kimbrough Air AllMusic Retrieved April 19 2021 Frank Kimbrough Verrazano Moon AllMusic Retrieved April 19 2021 Bilawsky 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