RED NICHOLS

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Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols (May 8, 1905 – June 28, 1965) was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and jazz bandleader.

Over his long career, Nichols recorded in a wide variety of musical styles, and critic Steve Leggett describes him as "an expert cornet player, a solid improviser, and apparently a workaholic, since he is rumored to have appeared on over 4,000 recordings during the 1920s alone."

Nichols was born on May 8, 1905 in Ogden, Utah. His father was a college music professor, and Nichols was a child prodigy, because by twelve he was already playing difficult set pieces for his father's brass band. Young Nichols heard the early recordings of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and later those of Bix Beiderbecke, and these had a strong influence on the young cornet player. His style became polished, clean and incisive.

In the early 1920s, Nichols moved to the Midwest and joined a
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RED NICHOLS Red Nichols & Miff Mole: New York Jazz Of The Twenties album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Red Nichols & Miff Mole: New York Jazz Of The Twenties
Dixieland 1955
RED NICHOLS In Love With Red album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Love With Red
Dixieland 1956
RED NICHOLS The Red Nichols Story album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Red Nichols Story
Dixieland 1956
RED NICHOLS Parade Of The Pennies album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Parade Of The Pennies
Dixieland 1958
RED NICHOLS Golden Age Of Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Golden Age Of Jazz
Dixieland 1962
RED NICHOLS The Sounds Of New York Vol. 4 (1924-1930) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sounds Of New York Vol. 4 (1924-1930)
Dixieland 1980
RED NICHOLS Battle Hymn of the Republic album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Dixieland 1999

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RED NICHOLS Red Nichols, Firehouse Five Plus 2 : Sessions, Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Red Nichols, Firehouse Five Plus 2 : Sessions, Live
Dixieland 1976

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RED NICHOLS The Chronological Classics: Red Nichols 1925-1927 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Red Nichols 1925-1927
Dixieland 2001
RED NICHOLS The Chronological Classics: Red Nichols 1929 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Red Nichols 1929
Dixieland 2004
RED NICHOLS The Chronological Classics: Red Nichols 1929-1930 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Red Nichols 1929-1930
Dixieland 2004

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