BERN NIX

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American jazz/no wave guitarist, born 21 September 1947 in Toledo, Ohio, USA; died 31 May 2017 in New York, New York, USA.

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Nix was widely known as an original, a unique find even among the most avant of the avant garde. News of his loss spread like a firestorm among New York’s jazz community, and the grieved responses of friends and fans are legion. This veteran of Coleman’s legendary sphere contributed his singular instrumental voice to the music continuum, standing as a postmodern experimentalist embedded in the jazz tradition. Nix’s speaking voice was just as intriguing, gently urbane in defiance of an almost sphynx-like repose. His welcoming tone softly beckoned one into his line of logic: Bern enjoyed discussing the nuances not only of music, but philosophy, art, history and radically left politics. A sparkle overtook his eyes as he listened to those in his purview, then raising a
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BERN NIX Alarms And Excursions album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Alarms And Excursions
Avant-Garde Jazz 1993
BERN NIX Low Barometer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Low Barometer
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
BERN NIX Negative Capability album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Negative Capability
Avant-Garde Jazz 2013

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