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Red Nichols
Ogden, United States • 1905-05-08 – 1965-06-28
Red Nichols is credited on 378 releases across 112 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
378
Pressings credited
112
Albums
8
Decades active
21
In collections
Biography
Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols (May 8, 1905 – June 28, 1965) was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and bandleader. He was one of the most prolific and influential jazz musicians in the late 1920s and early 1930s, appearing on over 4,000 recordings. In 1959, a biopic was made of his life and career, The Five Pennies, starring Danny Kaye.
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Credited work
378 releases · 112 albums · active 1950–2021
- Performance · 891
- Other credits · 51
Studios: Shrine Auditorium · De Haarlemse Jazz Club · Trout Audio Labs · Capitol Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest Hits
1994
In Memoriam
1971
Great Original Performances 1926-1933
1987
A Jazz Holiday
1973
In The Groove With The Kings Of Swing
1967
A History Of Jazz: The New York Scene
1961
Dixieland Dinner Dance
1960
Sweet And Hot
1955
Hot Clarinets 1924-1929
20 Golden Greats
1984
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Red Nichols And His Five Pennies
- Louis Armstrong
- The California Ramblers
- Jack Teagarden
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Gene Krupa
- Bing Crosby
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