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Nick Stabulas

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Nick Stabulas
BornDecember 18, 1929
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 1973 (aged 43)
Great Neck, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz
InstrumentDrums
SpouseKatherine P Schroeder (died 1998)

Nicholas Stabulas (December 18, 1929 – February 6, 1973) was an American jazz drummer.

Career

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After working in commercial music, Stabulas was a member of Phil Woods group from 1954 to 1957. He did extensive work as a sideman in the 1950s, with Jon Eardley (1955–56), Jimmy Raney (1955–57), Eddie Costa (1956), Friedrich Gulda (1956), George Wallington (1956–57), Al Cohn (1956–57, 1960), Zoot Sims (1957), Gil Evans (1957), Mose Allison (1957–58), Carmen McRae (1958), and Don Elliott (1958). In the 1960s, he worked with Chet Baker, Kenny Drew, Bill Evans, Lee Konitz and Lennie Tristano. He remained active into the 1970s and died in a car crash in 1973.

Discography

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With Mose Allison

With Al Cohn

With Eddie Costa

  • Eddie Costa/Vinnie Burke Trio (Josie, 1956)

With Gil Evans

With Friedrich Gulda

  • Friedrich Gulda at Birdland (RCA Victor, 1957)
  • A Man of Letters (Decca, 1957)

With Lee Konitz

With Carmen McRae

With George Wallington

With Phil Woods

References

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Further reading

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