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Red Nichols

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American jazz musician (1905–1965)

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • Holstory

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1905-05-08
Active to
1965-06-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
27,275
Total plays
123,076

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jazzdixieland20sdixieland jazzcornet

Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols (May 8, 1905–June 28, 1965) a United States jazz cornet player, became one of the busiest phonograph session musicians of his era, making hundreds of recording sessions of jazz and hot dance band music. In the 1920s alone he appeared on over 4,000 recordings, working with almost every important musician of his time. Though his style of playing was influenced by Bix Beiderbecke, Nichols, an excellent sight reader, was a considered a better, more polished musician. <a h

via Last.fm · Red Nichols