Jazz Articles about Nabil Totah

Nabil Totah: More Double Bass

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 1998

Nabil (Nobby) Totah has been a fixture on the Jazz scene in New York and elsewhere for almost half a century — I first heard him with the great Zoot Sims in the mid–’50s — but like most bassists, his opportunities to record as a leader have been scarce, which makes this partly–new release all the more welcome and appreciated. Partly new because seven of its eleven tracks were released in 1987 under the title Double Bass. The new selections, ...