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Name
  
Frank Kimbrough


Role
  
Jazz Pianist

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Albums
  
Live at Kitano, The Willow, Rumors, Air, Out of This World

Similar People
  
Ben Allison, Ron Horton, Kendra Shank, Ted Nash, Joe Locke

Profiles

Jazz pianist frank kimbrough on his creative process


Frank Kimbrough (born November 2, 1956 in Roxboro, North Carolina) is a post-bop jazz pianist born and raised in North Carolina. He did some work at Chapel Hill before moving to Washington, D. C. in 1980.

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His influences include Herbie Nichols, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, Keith Jarrett, Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, and Andrew Hill. In 1981 he moved to New York City and released his first CD in 1988. In the 1990s he was a member of the Herbie Nichols Project becoming co-leader with Ben Allison. He has also worked with Joe Locke and is currently with the Palmetto label. Kimbrough played in sessions with Paul Murphy. He also currently plays in the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra.

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Discography

  • Lonely Woman (1988, Mapleshade)
  • Chant (1998, Igmod)
  • Saturn's Child (1999, Omnitone)
  • Noumena (2000, Soul Note)
  • The Willow (2001, Omnitone)
  • Quickening (2003, Omnitone)
  • Lullabluebye (2004, Palmetto)
  • Play (2006, Palmetto)
  • Air (2007, Palmetto)
  • Verrazano Moon (2008, Omnitone)
  • Rumors (2010, Palmetto)
  • Live at Kitano (2012, Palmetto)
  • Quartet (2014, Palmetto)
  • Meantime (2015, Newvelle)
  • Literature

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

    Frank Kimbrough Wikipedia