“How do you pay tribute to a 97-year-old jazz icon who’s worn the hats of clarinetist, bandleader, composer, arranger and educator?
Phil Nimmons’ grandson came up with the idea of gathering a bunch of musicians who have known and worked with the Canadian jazz legend and recording an album.
It’s a testament to Nimmons’ impact that those musicians are some of the best in the field.
“It may have had something to do with the fact that it’s the time of COVID and people are a little more available than usual. But we got all of, you know, the first choices as far as the people we wanted to play on the album,” said Sean Nimmons, who arranged the tracks on the album, To the Nth…”
