
With legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder on his 90th birthday. (Photo: Takehiko Tokiwa)



Nick with Nancy King (L) and Karrin Allyson (R) at the Grammy Nominees' Celebration, 2007.

Nick with Marian McPartland on her 85th birthday (March 2003, Birdland, NYC).

Nick with jazz trumpet great Eddie Henderson at the Prestige Records 65th anniversary celebration (Dizzy's Club, NYC, October 2014).

Nick with Poncho Sanchez backstage at Yoshi's Oakland.

Nick with trumpeter Randy Brecker at the Grammy Awards.

Nick with Karrin Allyson and engineer Josiah Gluck at a recording session at Sear Sound in NYC.

Nick with Kurt Elling and Larry Batiste at the GRAMMYs (2008).

With blues legend Jeannie Cheatham at the Jazz School, Berkeley, CA.

Nick with pianist Mulgrew Miller at Karrin Allyson recording session, NYC.

Nick with JazzTimes publisher Lee Mergner (L) and DownBeat publisher Frank Alkyer (R) at the Jazz Education Network conference. (New Orleans, January 2011).

Nick with Brandon McCune at the recording session of Nnenna Freelon's GRAMMY-nominated album Blueprint of a Lady: Sketches of Billie Holiday

At Manfredo Fest recording session, mid-'90s: Front row: Rogerio Botter Maio, Manfredo Fest, Portinho; Back row: Claudio Roditi, Phil Fest, and Nick.

Concord Jazz staff, late 1980s


Photo credit: Randall Gee

Photo credit: Fahad Almenai

Photo credit: Randall Gee

Photo by Fahad Almenai

Nick onstage with Ariane Cap and David Rokeach





















