Red Nichols
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Biography
[Edit]Overrated in Europe in the early '30s when his records (but not those of his black contemporaries) were widely available and then later underrated and often unfairly called a Bix imitator, Red Nichols was actually one of the finest cornetists to emerge from the '20s. An expert improviser whose emotional depth did not reach as deep as Bix or Louis Armstrong, Nichols was in many ways a hustler, participating in as many recording sessions (often under pseudonyms) as any other horn player of the era, cutting sessions as Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, the Arkansas Travelers, the Red Heads, the Louisiana Rhythm Kings, and the Charleston Chasers, among others, usually with similar personnel. Nichols studied cornet with his father, a college music teacher. After moving from Utah to New York in 1923, Nichols, an excellent sight-reader who could always be relied upon to add a bit of jazz to a dance band recording, quickly became in great demand. His own sessions at first featured trombonist Miff Mole and Jimmy Dorsey on alto and clarinet, playing advanced music that utilized unusual intervals, whole-tone scales, and often the timpani of Vic Berton along with hot ensembles. Later on in the decade his sidemen included such young greats as Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Jack Teagarden, Pee Wee Russell, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Adrian Rollini, Gene Krupa, and the wonderful mellophone specialist Dudley Fosdick, among others; their version of "Ida" was a surprise hit.
Although still using the main name of the Five Pennies, Nichols' bands were often quite a bit larger, and by 1929 he was alternating sessions featuring bigger commercial orchestras with small combos. At first Nichols weathered the Depression well with work in shows, but by 1932 his long string of recordings came to an end. He headed a so-so swing band up until 1942, left music for a couple of years, and for a few months in 1944 was with Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra. Later that year he re-formed the Five Pennies as a Dixieland sextet and, particularly after bass saxophonist Joe Rushton became a permanent member, it was one of the finer traditional jazz bands of the next 20 years. Nichols recorded several memorable hot versions of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," the best being in 1959. That same year a highly enjoyable if rather fictional Hollywood movie called The Five Pennies (and featuring Nichols' cornet solos and Danny Kaye's acting) made Red into a national celebrity at the twilight of his long career. Nichols' earlier sessions have been reissued in piecemeal fashion during the digital era, with later albums remaining unavailable.
Title: Ida Sweet As Apple Cider (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Red Nichols, His Five Pennies
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Highway: The Snader Telescriptions, Vol. 2
Artist: Red Nichols, The Firehouse Five Plus Two, His Five Pennies
Genre: Jazz
Title: Red Nichols College Prom - February 21st, 1935
Artist: Red Nichols, Jack Teagarden
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Recordings and Unissued Masters
Artist: Red Nichols, His Five Pennies, Jack Teagarden
Genre: Jazz
Title: I want to be happy (Digitally Remastered) - Single
Artist: Red Nichols, His Five Pennies
Genre: Pop
Title: Joe Candullo and His Orchestra
Artist: Jimmy Dorsey, Red Nichols, Jimmy McPartland
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: Jukebox Favourites - Hits of the 20s & 30s
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Band Remixed & Reinvented
Genre: Electronica, Jazz
Title: Hot Trumpets
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Very Best of Dixieland Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: I Love the '40s Hits From the Big Band Era
Genre: Jazz
Title: That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History (1895-1950)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Gatsby 1920's Summer Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vintage Broadway Songs
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: L.A. Noire - Jazz Inspired By The Video Game
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Blues R&B! Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Small Jazz Ensembles Anthology
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Roaring '20s Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Shake It and Break It!
Genre: Pop
Title: Memories of Old Broadway
Genre: Jazz
Title: Roaring 20s Revue, Vol. 2
Title: American Big Band Jazz 1926-1941
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vintage Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 9 (1938-1939)
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 6 (1936-1937)
Genre: Jazz
Title: I'se a Muggin' (Columbia Super Swing Music)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Hits of Blues and Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: New York In The 20ties
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Uncollected Big Bands (Vol 2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dixie Oldies
Genre: Jazz
Title: Charleston
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Golden Age of Light Music: Here's to Holidays
Genre:
Title: The Best of the Dixieland Bands Vol 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pure Gold - Greatest Dixieland Jazz, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Let's Fall in Love (Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Show Tunes of the 1920s, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Juke Box Saturday Night
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Songwriters - Hoagy Carmichael
Genre:
Title: #1 Big Band Swing Album
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dance the 1920s and Early '30s (Vol. 3)
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Vocal & Jazz Classics, Vol. 3 (1932-1934)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dance the 1920s and Early '30s (Vol. 4)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Tap Room Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Big Broadcast, Vol. 9
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Finest Vintage Melodies & Retro Tunes Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Celebrate Memorial Day with Patriotic Classics
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: The Jazz Modernists 1924-1933
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best of Jazz Piano and Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 1 (1921-1927)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Roads of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dixieland of the 1920s
Title: 100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 2 (1928-1931)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Golden Age of Light Music: Going Places
Genre:
Title: Dixieland Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: The Artist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Ludovic Bource
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Drum Crazy - The Gene Krupa Story (Original Film Soundtrack)
Artist: Gene Krupa
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Woody Allen - Music From His Movies (Volume 4)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Woody Allen - Music from His Movies, Vol. 7
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Big Broadcast, Volume 2: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Big Broadcast, Volume 5: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Big Broadcast, Volume 1: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Jazz Classics - Iconic Performances From the Best of the Best
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bullets Over Broadway Soundtrack
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: "my Stardust Melody..." The Songs Of Hoagy Carmichael
Artist: Various
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution To Jazz
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Crescent City Classic Jazz (Dixieland of the 1930s, '40s and '50s)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jack Teagarden 1930-31 / Jazz Roads - Classic Jazzz (Vol. 084)
Artist: Jack Teagarden
Genre: Jazz
