Clovis Nicolas

Hailing from France, bassist and composer Clovis Nicolas moved to New York and joined the Juilliard School to study under bass legend Ron Carter and composer Kendall Briggs. Clovis has performed and recorded with some of today’s most prominent musicians such as Bill Stewart, Herbie Hancock, Peter Bernstein, Marcus Gilmore or Brad Mehldau. He is featured on many albums, including 4 as a leader on Sunnyside: Nine Stories (Best Albums of the Year, DownBeat Magazine, 2014), Freedom Suite Ensuite (2018), Autoportrait on solo bass (CHOC Jazz Magazine, 2021) and The Contrapuntist (2023) featuring the Ulysses Quartet.