The Nice: Nice
Loyd Grossman, Fusion, 17 October 1969
THE NICE are one of the few different groups on todays pop scene, centering their music around the keyboard work of Keith Emerson. They use jazz and classical elements with an ease and brilliance that few groups can equal.
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