Fay Victor: Herbie Nichols SUNG

Fay Victor’s roots are firmly from the the jazz tradition and for the past 15 years Victor has spent an extensive amount of time learning, developing and writing lyrics for the compositions of Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols. Victor discovered Herbie Nichols while living in the Netherlands and has discussed, analyzed and performed his music with major proponents of his oeuvre such as pianist Misha Mengelberg and trombonist Roswell Rudd. After many years of working out the music and approach (also through working with German pianist Achim Kaufmann) Victor combined Herbie Nichols’ compositions and her lyrics with a new free spinning form for his music which spurned the project Herbie Nichols SUNG. Herbie Nichols SUNG quintet has performed regularly around New York City, most recently at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem in September 2022, just one month before finally taking the quintet into the studio to record Herbie Nichols SUNG for the wonderful independent label, Tao Forms.