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Nicholas Thomas "Nick" Brignola (July 17, 1936 – February 8, 2002) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. Biography. Brignola was born on July 17, 1936, in Troy, New York. He was born into a musical family in which his father played the tuba and his uncle played the banjo.
Feb 18, 2002 · Nick Brignola, an accomplished jazz baritone saxophonist, died here Feb. 8. He was 65 and lived in Eagle Mills, outside Troy, N.Y. The cause was cancer, his family said. Mr. Brignola...
A big-toned baritone saxophonist whose greatest baritone influence was Harry Carney of the Duke Ellington band (who became his mentor), Brignola carved out his niche as perhaps the premier player of the big horn in the hard-bop mainstream of the music. Brignola was born July 17, 1936, in Troy, N.Y.
Feb 12, 2002 · Nick Brignola, a baritone saxophonist who was one of the top players of his instrument in jazz, has died. He was 65. Brignola died Friday at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y., after a...
Apr 16, 2017 · Nick Brignola was a renowned jazz baritone saxophonist who played with Woody Herman, Charlie Mingus and Phil Woods. Learn about his musical influences, career highlights and listen to his recordings and videos on All About Jazz.
Feb 12, 2020 · Maybe not one of the more interesting quotes in jazz history, but that remark — made by ‘the guy at the music store’ where aspiring alto saxophonist/clarinetist Nick Brignola went to get his alto repaired — changed the course of Brignola's musical life back in the distant '50s.
Internationally known baritone saxophonist, Nick Brignola, performed with Phil Woods, Woody Herman, Chet Baker, Pepper Adams and many other jazz artists in the United States, Canada and Europe....
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