Jazz Articles about Nicole Saphos

Nicole Saphos: Tiptoe

by Jerome Wilson
December 1, 2016

Nicole Saphos is a bassist, singer and composer based in Washington, DC who, like a lot of younger musicians, is willing to mix rock influences into her music as significantly as straight-ahead jazz. On her debut CD, Tiptoe, she fronts a bass-guitar-drums trio in a suite of love songs comprised of standards, originals and a wild card or two and comes up with insinuating and eclectic results.The set starts out with a fleet-footed, pure jazz take on “Just ...