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able to see his favorite concert ever at the
famous Tanglewood Music Center. “It was
packed with people to see Ravi Shankar, Joan
Baez and the Don Ellis Big Band,” Stix says.
“When Ravi and Joan were finished everyone
left and I got to sit in the front row. I had never
seen an electronic trumpet. Twenty years later
I had the TV on and I heard something that
sounded familiar. I looked up and saw myself
screaming in the front row.”
After moving to Port St. Lucie, Stix was one
of the original founders of the Fort Pierce Jazz
Society along with Darryl Bey, president of
Bluebird Productions in Fort Pierce. “Stix was
instrumental in forming the jazz society,” says
Bey. “When national artists came to town, Stix
would back them up on drums. He was part
of the core of our jam sessions of drums, piano
and bass.”
Bey says Stix has been a huge factor in the
success of his foundation’s program, Recycle
in the Key of E. Since 2008, more than 200
musical instruments have been donated and
refurbished for St. Lucie County students. Using
Nickson’s industry contacts, the program
has the instruments refurbished at a reasonable
cost.
“He has been teaching kids since I have
known him, and he does it from the heart,”
says Bey. “He doesn’t get the recognition he
deserves and he doesn’t look for it either.” E
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