Nick Mancini is a vibraphonist, bandleader, composer and arranger. His original compositions as well as cherry-picked jazz standards create the fertile soil for spontaneous arrangements, which are, at once, fresh, incisive & cinematic. With a host of world-class musicians in his midst, he selects from the cream-of-the-crop to form his highly energized ensembles. Mancini, at the helm of this rotation of LA’s most creative & inventive musicians, will tempt your curiosity and leave you always wanting more.

Nick graduated from the Manhattan School of Music with a masters degree in jazz performance and was a recipient of the President’s Award scholarship. After 10 years of honing his craft in NYC, he relocated to Los Angeles where he is a faculty member at two California State University campuses; Northridge (CSUN) & Long Beach, Bob Cole Conservatory. He has seven independently released records under his own name; storyteller, West Coast Cool, No Questions Asked & Impulse between 2013 and early 2015, alone.