Biography

Dave Nichols was a prominent musician in Houston, Texas particularly on the jazz scene between the years 1982 and 1996. Nichols was a freelance bassist and recording engineer/producer for many different artists in the Houston area. Nichols creative energy was expressed most prolifically in the band Stratus (US fusion jazz band)

Stratus (US fusion jazz band)

-Biography:Stratus is a jazz fusion band that formed in Houston, Texas in the early 1980s.The band's original members were Dave Nichols , Brian Hull , Ted Wenglinski , and Paul Chester...

which recorded four CDs of original vituosity. Nichols was a respected bassist noted by peers and critics to be among the top in the country. He studied music at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Dave Nichols died at the age of 33 after battling cancer. A group of Houston musicians completed a recording of Nichol's previously unrecorded original material just hours before his death; this was later released on a CD called "Waltz of Hope".

Discography

• Hyperbole (1990)
• Iconoclast (1995)
• Ice Nine (1983–1989)
• Anabolic Live at the Ale House (1997)
• Waltz of Hope - The Music of Dave Nichols (1997)
• Innermost (1995)
• Duplicity (unknown)
• uh*huh (unknown)