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Jazz Vocalist ADELE NICOLS Nicols began training as a classical pianist at the age of seven. This would last for five years and then she took a long hiatus until at nineteen years old, Nicols spent her junior year of college in Florence, Italy. Although there to study art, she was lucky enough to have been mentored by master pianist and teacher, Vanda Scaravelli. Two years later she moved to Tokyo, immersing herself into the art, music and traditional culture of Japan's rich heritage. It was in the now famous "Shinjiku-Inn" and "Pitt-Inn" that Nicols began sitting in with jazz musicians as a vocalist. Inspired, focused and ready to work, she returned to America and settled in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here, Adele began studying with then Columbia Recording Artist, Ellis Marsalis, and soon got her first regular piano gig at the French Quarter's famous Fairmont Hotel. In New Orleans she married and gave birth to two children. Her passion as a mother fueled her b...