Just now listening to Herbie Nichols, 'The Complete Blue Note Recordings', curated by Michael Cuscuna, and featuring Al McKibbon, Teddy Kotick, Art Blakey and Max Roach. Herbie was a gifted musician, inspired by the Western classical canon and through that pioneering new forms for jazz and creating some marvellous jazz music. It's a pity his life was cut short, passing away in 1963 at the age of only 44 (leukaemia).