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Biography
Joe Nichols is the bandleader, pianist, harmonica player and composer for prominent UK jazz group Nimbus Sextet. His two albums with Nimbus Sextet on the iconic Acid Jazz label, Dreams Fulfilled (2020) and Forward Thinker (2022), and subsequent releases have gained universal acclaim from Jazz FM, Jazzwise, RFI, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music and many more.
Nichols has established Nimbus Sextet as a major voice in UK jazz, performing to sold out audiences at Europe’s top jazz venues including Ronnie Scott's, New Morning Paris and PizzaExpress Jazz Soho. As part of an illustrious wider career, he has performed and recorded with the late British folk/soul legend Linda Lewis, members of Jamiroquai including Nick Van Gelder, and the Gilles Peterson championed folk-funk outfit The Paracosmos.
Nimbus Sextet's hotly anticipated third album will be released in 2025, taking Nichols' music to new heights.