Red Nichols, American cornet player, bandleader, and composer (born 1905)

Red Nichols

American jazz cornetist, composer, and bandleader (1905–1965)

Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and jazz 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…