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Red Nichols
United States • 1905-05-08 – 1965-06-28
Red Nichols is credited on 483 releases across 110 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
483
Pressings credited
110
Albums
8
Decades active
16
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
483 releases · 110 albums · active 1950–2021
- Performance · 769
- Other credits · 466
Studios: Shrine Auditorium · Starstruck Studios · Blackbird Studio · Mix LA
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
In Memoriam
1971
Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest Hits
1994
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
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Benny Goodman
- Jack Teagarden
- Paul Whiteman
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