<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Formed in 1967 The Nice have largely been regarded as something of a footnote in popular music history - the band through which Keith Emerson came into the spotlight prior to forming Emerson Lake &amp; Palmer.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Crucially taking ELP out of the equation The Nice were one of the pioneering bands of the late sixties their fusion of rock jazz and classical music exerting a strong influence on the progressive rock of the seventies.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In&nbsp;</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dawn - The Nice Story</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Laura Shenton MA LLCM DipRSL offers a detailed exploration of the uniqueness achievements and music of The Nice - as well as the spin-off groups Jackson Heights Refugee and beyond - celebrating them as a band worthy of critical recognition in their own right.</span></p>