Nicky Doublet

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Nicky Doublet jazz percussionist,He was born to Theresa nee' Aquilina and Carmel Doublet in Pieta' on the 9th of October 1968, the youngest of three brothers after Rupert and Kevin.

Nicky attended elementary school in San Ġwann and later the Junior Lyceum at Tal-Ħandaq. His first employment was as a postman, but he later joined the Department of Social Services.

His musical talent was evident from his childhood. In his teens he bought his first drum kit: a second-hand Premier set. He also played the xylophone. His first musical taste was for hard rock, with Deep Purple as his favourite band. Later he attending the Johann Strauss School of Music and was introduced to jazz by his tutor, Charles "City' Gatt.

He furthered his studies in jazz at Umbria during a two-month course in 1985. He was also honoured in The Hague with a North Sea Jazz Festival Award and soon enrolled for a diploma in music at the University of Malta, writing an honours thesis on North African and Turkish percussion.

Many people remember him fondly after seeing him play either at his studio in Marsa, or at various parties and events around Malta. He played percussion for Claudette Pace on various occasions, and was also a member of the Voices band.

His prefered line-up was a simple trio with his friends keyboardist Joe Debono and guitarist Sandro Zerafa, and with them in 1997 Nicky formed the Zugrumbun Combo with 12 other jazz musicians, including bassist Bernard Scerri, Jason "Chubby" Fabri (who later dedicated a track on his own 2002 CD to Nicky), Angela Sultana, Pascal Leroy, among others.

The following year he appeared with some of these musicians as Nox and the King. He was also the founder of Miles Co-op specializing in music and entertainment. He appeared as the resident percussionist on the popular TV programme Xarabank, which was also where he appeared last in public.

On the 30th of August 2001 he married Joanne Scolaro, who lovingly cared for him during his last months of suffering at their home in Senglea.

He died at 34 yeras on 5th, January, 2002.