Love her story...booker ervin was a draftsman, dave pike sold music in a music store. Nicole hearing ornette and dolphy from her fathers records. Surrounded by mulgrew miller, harold mabern, andrew hill. I can hear all of this in her playing! Love her!...a question i always like to hear is what kind of horn do you play and why did you choose it?...being a nice person was a great question. Years ago i was lucky enough to meet ahmad jamal, sonny rollins and lee konitz and what struck me was how gracious, patient and kind they were. Iam sure part of it was seeing the world and meeting hundreds of people from different cultures gives you an open mind about humanity.
