Ted Nash On Piano Jazz.....

Ted Nash On Piano Jazz

With Guest Host Christian McBride

Ted Nash plays the music of Henry Mancini with bassist Christian McBride and pianist Frank Kimbrough on this Piano Jazz episode.

by Grant Jackson
For the Los Angeles-born Ted Nash, studying jazz was a bit like going into the family business; both his father, trombonist Dick Nash, and his uncle, a reedman also named Ted Nash, played during the big-band era before settling down as session players in the film and television industry. The young Ted Nash was immersed in the world of the professional musician, visiting studio sessions where horns were in demand for scoring The Mod Squad and Henry Mancini's The Pink Panther.

Nash studied clarinet before adding the saxophone to his arsenal, and in 1978 he left behind a budding career in California for the New York scene — a rude awakening for even a young yet experienced player like Nash. Eventually, he settled in with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, an organization that completes the circle, with Nash working in a section that hearkens back to his family roots in the big bands. On this Piano Jazz session, Nash and guest host Christian McBride (bass), along with Frank Kimbrough at the keys, stretch out on a set of Henry Mancini tunes and a few Nash originals from his album Portrait in Seven Shades.
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