ALBERT NICHOLAS

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Albert Nicholas (May 27, 1900, New Orleans, Louisiana - September 3, 1973, Basel, Switzerland) was an American jazz reed player.

Nicholas's primary instrument was the clarinet, which he studied with Lorenzo Tio in his hometown of New Orleans. Late in the 1910s he played with Buddy Petit, King Oliver, and ManueL Perez. He spent three years in the Merchant Marines and then joined up again with Oliver in Chicago from 1925 to 1927. After time in East Asia and Egypt, he returned to New York City in 1928 and played with Luis Russell until 1933, playing there with Red Allen, Charlie Holmes, and J.C. Higginbotham. Later he played with Louis Armstrong (with Russell) and Jelly Roll Morton (recorded 1929, 1939).

The Dixieland jazz revival of the late 1940s reinvigorated his career; he played with Art Hodes, Bunk Johnson, and Kid Ory, and had a regular gig with Ralph Sutton in
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ALBERT NICHOLAS Jazz A La Creole album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz A La Creole
Dixieland 1947
ALBERT NICHOLAS Albert Nicholas With Art Hodes' All-Star Stompers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Albert Nicholas With Art Hodes' All-Star Stompers
Original New Orleans Jazz 1964
ALBERT NICHOLAS Albert Nicholas Featuring Miriam Klein : Untitled album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Albert Nicholas Featuring Miriam Klein : Untitled
Big Band 1971
ALBERT NICHOLAS Albert Nicholas in Milan album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Albert Nicholas in Milan
Dixieland 1972
ALBERT NICHOLAS Albert's Blues (aka I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 97) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Albert's Blues (aka I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 97)
Dixieland 1974
ALBERT NICHOLAS Let Me Tell You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Let Me Tell You
Dixieland 1974
ALBERT NICHOLAS Albert Nicholas/Henry Chaix : Baden 1969 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Albert Nicholas/Henry Chaix : Baden 1969
Swing 1997

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ALBERT NICHOLAS Albert Nicholas And Mezz Mezzrow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Albert Nicholas And Mezz Mezzrow
Dixieland 1956

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ALBERT NICHOLAS Clarinet Marmelade album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Clarinet Marmelade
Swing 1954
ALBERT NICHOLAS Jazz Festival Sopot 1957 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Festival Sopot 1957
Original New Orleans Jazz 1957

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ALBERT NICHOLAS The New Orleans-Chicago Connection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The New Orleans-Chicago Connection
Original New Orleans Jazz 1997

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