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American jazz musician (1905–1965)

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

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Total plays
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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Ogden
Place of death
Las Vegas
Occupation
jazz musician
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
jazz
Instrument
cornet
Record label
Capitol Records
Image
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name in native language
Red Nichols
birth name
Ernest Loring Nichols
date of birth
1905-05-08
date of death
1965-06-28
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
end of work period
1965-00-00
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