Albert Nicholas
A superb clarinetist with an attractive mellow tone, Albert Nicholas had a long and diverse career but his playing was always consistently rewarding. He studied with Lorenzo Tio, Jr. in New Orleans, and played with cornet legends Buddy Petit, King Oliver, and Manuel Perez while in his teens. After three years in the Merchant Marines, he joined King Oliver in Chicago for much of 1925-1927, recording with Oliver's Dixie Syncopators. He spent a year in the Far East and Egypt, arriving in New York in 1928 to join Luis Russell for five years. Nicholas, who had recorded in several settings in the 1920s, sounded perfectly at home with Russell, taking his solos alongside Red Allen, J.C. Higginbottham, and Charlie Holmes. He would later re-join Russell when the pianist had the backup orchestra for Louis Armstrong a few years later, and Nicholas also worked with Jelly Roll Morton in 1939 (he had recorded with Morton previously in 1929). Things slowed down for a time in the early '40s, but the New Orleans revival got him working again in the mid-'40s with Art Hodes, Bunk Johnson, and Kid Ory; by 1948, the clarinetist was playing regularly with Ralph Sutton's trio at Jimmy Ryan's. In 1953, Nicholas followed Sidney Bechet's example and moved to France where, other than returning to the U.S. for recording sessions in 1959 and 1960, he happily remained for his final 20 years.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Best Of Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet, Art Hodes, Albert Nicholas
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1994
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Albert's Back in Town
Albert Nicholas, Art Hodes' All-Star Stompers
Jazz - Released by Delmark Records on 1 Jan 2001
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Albert's Blues & the 44 Gerard Street Session
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Cadillac Records on 10 Sep 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Classic Jazz At St Germain Des Prés
Michel Attenoux, Albert Nicholas, Jimmy Archey
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 Jan 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Baden 1969
Albert Nicholas, Henri Chaix Trio
Jazz - Released by Sackville on 12 Nov 1996
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Albert Nicholas in Europe (Live)
Jazz - Released by Upbeat Jazz on 9 Aug 2018
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Rare Cuts: Well Done, Vol. 8
Albert Nicholas, Edmond Hall, George Lewis
Jazz - Released by Jazz Crusade on 12 Dec 2004
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Albert Nicholas Story 1926-1947 (Jazz Archives No. 127)
Jazz - Released by EPM on 1 Sep 1998
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Clarinet Duets with the John Defferary Jazztet & The Trevor Richards New Orleans Trio
Jazz - Released by GHB on 9 Mar 2015
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Classic Jazz At St Germain Des Près
Albert Nicholas, Jimmy Archey, Michel Attenoux
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 Jan 2000
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Poslední blues
Traditional jazz Studio, Albert Nicholas
Jazz - Released by Supraphon a.s. on 1 Sep 2023
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Great Jazz Great Clarinets (Live)
Albert Nicholas, Edmond Hall, George Lewis
Jazz - Released by Upbeat Jazz on 31 Mar 2023
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I Got Rhythm (Mono Version)
Jazz - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1957
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Albert Nicholas - John Defferary Jazztet
Albert Nicholas, John Defferay Jazztet
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 1 Jan 2000
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Who's Gonna Love Us
Pop - Released by 3869226 Records DK on 21 Apr 2022
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