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Keith Nichols

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Aliases
Keith Nichols & The Blue Devils
Keith Nichols' Collegians
Keith Nichols and The Cotton Club Orchestra
Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra
Keith Nichols & The Cotton Club Orchestra
Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra & Jazz Kings
Keith Nichols' Earthbound Spirits
Keith Nichols and His Ragtime Boys
Keith Nichols and His Ragtime Orchestra
Keith Nichols' Hot Six
Keith Nichols Jazz Kings
Keith Nichols and the Red Hot Syncopators
Paramount Theatre Orchestra
Born
February 13, 1945
Died
January 21, 2021
Country
United Kingdom
Comments
Jazz multi-instrumentalist most commonly heard on piano and trombone and sometime singer
Member of
The Midnite Follies Orchestra Founder
Blue Rhythmakers Piano, vocals
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i November 21, 2000 Jabbo Smith and His Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and the Joker)
i 2004 Bennie Goodman's Boys
1992 Bennie Goodman's Boys
i 1987 Collins and Harlan
i 2003 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
i 2006 Ed Lang
i 1983 Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four
i 1990 Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four
i 2004 Emilio De Marchi, Al Jolson
i 1988 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 2013 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 2007 Bing Crosby
i 1991 Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Johnny Marvin
2000 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
2006 Ruth Etting
i 2004 Jabbo Smith and His Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and the Joker)
1989 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
i 1990 Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
1976 The Hokum Boys [US1]
1991 Warner's Seven Aces - Vocal Chorus by J. L. Richmond
1989 Margaret Young
i   2004 Edith Wilson PRF, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1989 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC, Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC, Adelaide Hall - Accompanied by Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra, Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra
i November 21, 2000 Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
i 1989 (unknown)
i 1991 Coon-Sanders Orchestra
i 1985 Jelly-Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers
2004 George Beaver (Irving Kaufman)
i 1987 The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
  1986 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra REC, Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra REL
i 2006 Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
i 1983 Cook and His Dreamland Orchestra
i 2004 Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band
i 2003 Rendezvous Dance Orchestra
i 2004 Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
i 1986 Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
1985 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Seven
i 1976 Jas. P. Johnson
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
i 2001 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 2013 Don Redman and His Orchestra
i 1990 Charles Johnson's Paradise Ten
i 1987 Henry Burr and Albert Campbell
i November 21, 2000 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
i 1994 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson)
i 1989 Williams' Jug Band
i 1985 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1985 Jay C. Flippen and His Gang
i 2002 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
1987 Lou Gold and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jim Andrews
i 1988 Willie "The Lion" Smith
i 2004 Jelly-Roll Morton and His Orchestra
i 1987 B. A. Rolfe and His Palais d'Or Orchestra
i 1987 King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1989 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
i 1991 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
1983 Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band
i 2000 Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band
  1989 Theresa Harris BRD, Annette Hanshaw - Accomp. by The New Englanders REC,REL
i 2007 Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
i 2003 Red and Miff's Stompers
i 2004 Red and Miff's Stompers
i 1983 Red and Miff's Stompers
i 2004 Jabbo Smith and His Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and the Joker)
i 1991 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i 1986 Jelly-Roll Morton and His Orchestra
i 1986 Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
2004 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain
1987 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain
i 1974 Guido Deiro
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1987 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
2001 (unknown)
i 1975 Zez Confrey and His Orchestra
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
1986 Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
i 1987 The Jungle Band [Chick Webb]
1997 (unknown)
  2004 Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC
1992 George Olsen and His Music
i 1997 Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
1989 Bessie Smith - Orchestra accompanied by Buck and His Band
i 2002 Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
i 1983 Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards
i 1976 Friar's Society Orchestra
i 1987 Friar's Society Orchestra
i 1976 (unknown)
i 2003 Aileen Stanley
i 2001 Aileen Stanley
i 2004 Eddy Thomas
i   2006 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i 1986 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
i 1991 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
i 1987 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
i 1986 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
i 1986 Jelly-Roll Morton
1992 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
2007 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
2004 Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra
i 1988 Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra, Adelaide Hall, Adelaide Hall - Accompanied by Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra, Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC
i 1974 Scott Joplin
1991 Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin)
i 1988 Thomas "Fats" Waller
1990 Alma Rotter - Rube Bloom - Eddie Lang
i 1974 James Scott
i 1990 Clarence Williams [US1]
i 1986 Thomas Waller
2006 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys
i 1990 Charlie Johnson and His Orchestra
i 2004 Fats Waller and His Buddies
1986 Fats Waller and His Buddies
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1997 Duke Ellington's Orchestra
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 1997 (unknown)
1989 Art Kahn and His Orchestra
i 1974 (unknown)
i 2000 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band
i 2001 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 1987 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 1975 Murray's Ragtime Trio accompanied by The Mayfair Orchestra
i 1997 Cliff Jackson & His Crazy Kats
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 1990 Charles Johnson's Paradise Ten
1986 Marion Harris
  2004 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
1983 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
2004 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
i 2003 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five, James P. Johnson
1989 Ted Lewis and His Band
  2000 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
2004 Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
2002 Robert Lewis [US] (Lewis James)
i   November 21, 2000 Beatrice Lillie PRF, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra REC
1992 Grace Hayes
i 1994 Ethel Waters and Her Singing Orch. arranged and directed by Will Marion Cook
i 2007 Ethel Waters and Her Singing Orch. arranged and directed by Will Marion Cook
2001 Ethel Waters and Her Singing Orch. arranged and directed by Will Marion Cook
i 1987 King Oliver and His Orchestra
2002 Clarence Williams and His Orchestra
i 1989 Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
i 2001 Willard Robison and His Orchestra
2004 Willard Robison and His Orchestra
i 2003 Willard Robison and His Orchestra, Thomas Waller
i 2001 Henry Burr
i 1975 Bix Beiderbecke
i 1987 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i 1994 Honey Duke and His Uke (Johnny Marvin)
i 2003 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
1992 Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Vocal Refrain by Franklyn Baur
i 2001 (unknown)
2000 Clarence Williams Stompers
i 1997 Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin)
i 1986 Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
i 1994 Connie's Inn Orchestra (Fletcher Henderson)
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1991 Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by J. L. Sanders
i 2003 Clarence Williams' Blue Five
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 2001 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
i 1975 Lindsay McPhail
1992 Hotel Pennsylvania Music - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
1989 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
2002 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i 1974 Scott Joplin
2004 Jabbo Smith and His Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and the Joker)
1991 Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
i 2007 Original Dixieland 'Jass' Band
i 1986 Jelly-Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers
i 1985 Harry Reser
i 1990 Clarence Williams & His Orchestra
  1992 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gracie Allen BRD
i 2001 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by The Four Wanderers
i 2003 Buster Moten–Bennie Moten
2006 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
2007 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1987 B. A. Rolfe and His Palais d'Or Orchestra
1991 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
i 2002 Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orchestra
i 2003 Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra
1983 (unknown)
2004 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
November 21, 2000 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
2000 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 2013 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1989 The Cotton Pickers (Original Memphis Five), Eddie Lang's Orchestra, Victor Military Band
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 1987 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy
  1989 Cookie's Gingersnaps REC, Joe Candullo & His Everglades Orchestra REL
i 2004 Jabbo Smith and His Rhythm Aces
i 1989 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 2013 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
1987 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
i 2004 Jabbo Smith and His Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and the Joker)
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 2003 Mistinguett
i 2003 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i 1975 Willie Smith (The Lion)
i 2003 Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1987 James P. Johnson
November 21, 2000 Trixie Smith and The Jazz Masters
1989 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Irene Beasley
  2004 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i November 21, 2000 Earl Hines
i 2013 Charles Fulcher and His Orchestra
i 1989 Charles Fulcher and His Orchestra
i 1991 Joe Candullo and His Everglades Orchestra
1991 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
i November 21, 2000 Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
i 1983 Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1975 Felix Arndt
2007 (unknown)
i 1985 Earl Hines & His Orchestra
i 1983 Blue Grass Foot Warmers
1989 Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys
i 2007 (unknown)
1985 Fred (Jelly Roll) Morton
2000 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor
1986 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1985 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
i 1985 "Fats" Waller with drums (Max Lewin)
i 1975 Royale Trio (Harry Reser)
i 2002 Royale Trio (Harry Reser)
i 2002 Windy Rhythm Kings
i 1974 Scott Joplin
  2006 Bing Crosby, Eddie Lang BRD, Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 2013 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
i 1986 Ralph Williams and His Rainbo Orchestra
i 2003 Ralph Williams and His Rainbo Orchestra
i 2007 Conway's Band
i 1987 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
1992 Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro
i 1986 Jelly-Roll Morton and His Orchestra
i 1974 (unknown)
1991 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by C. Washburn
i 2003 Bennie Moten and His Kansas City Orchestra
i 2003 Wolverine Orchestra
i 2007 Wolverine Orchestra
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 2007 The Benson Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Roy Bargy
i 1997 (unknown)
i 1976 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
i 1986 Kentucky Serenaders (Original Memphis Five)
i   1983 Ruth Etting PRF, The Troubadours [US1] REC
i 1994 Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orchestra
i 1991 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
1989 Williams' Jug Band and Lowland Singers
i 2006 Nora Bayes
i 2007 Nora Bayes
i 1987 Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter et son orchestre
i 2004 King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators
i 1976 Dan W. Quinn
1986 King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators
i 2003 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
i 1988 (unknown)
  1994 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i 1987 Marion Harris
1987 R. K. Holstein and Octette
i   2004 Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang REC, Fletcher Henderson's Collegians - Vocal Chorus Andy Razaf REL
2007 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
i 1986 Edwin J. McEnelly's Orchestra
i 1987 Cecil Scott and His Orchestra
i 1985 Boyd Senter
1986 (unknown), (unknown), Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
i 1987 Jack Pettis and His Band
2006 Red Nichols' Stompers
i 1986 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
i 2003 Ethel Waters
1991 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
2000 Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
i November 21, 2000 Jabbo Smith and His Rhythm Aces (Four Aces and the Joker)
2004 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
2006 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
1994 Park Lane Orchestra [Ruby Greenberg]
2007 Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers with Ed Lang
1989 Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joe Sanders
i 1987 Prince's Band
2007 Paul Johnson and His 4 Hawaiians (Jack Kaufman)
i 2006 Eva Puck and Sam White
1992 Marion Harris
i 1997 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1990 Charlie Johnson and His Paradise Band Dance Orchestra
i 1974 Scott Joplin
i 1986 Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
i 1976 (unknown)
i 1974 Scott Joplin
i 2001 Will Oakland
i   1975 Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC, Willie Creager's Rhythm Aces REL
i 1974 Scott Joplin
  1985 The Melody Sheiks (Sam Lanin) REC, Eva Puck and Sam White PRF
i 1974 (unknown)
2001 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
2004 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1988 "Fats" Waller with drums (Max Lewin)
1986 Joe Venuti's Blue Four
i 1974 (unknown)
i 1976 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
2007 Libby Holman
2003 Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters
i 2013 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 2003 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i November 21, 2000 Charley Straight's Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
1994 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Donald Redman
1989 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
i 1975 (unknown)
i 2003 Thelma La Vizzo
i 1974 (unknown)
i 2001 Henry Allen and His Orchestra
1989 The Charleston Chasers [US]
i November 21, 2000 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 2006 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  1992 Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Charles Roberts REC, Maurice Chevalier BRD
i 1990 Charlie Johnson and His Paradise Band Dance Orchestra
i 1994 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
i 1985 Hitch's Happy Harmonists under direction & accompanied by Hoagy Carmichael
i 1986 Hitch's Happy Harmonists under direction & accompanied by Hoagy Carmichael
i 1986 The Savannah Syncopators [US]
i 1974 Scott Joplin
i November 21, 2000 (unknown)
1992 Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians ‑ Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo
1989 Chick Endor
i 1994 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
1989 Sophie Tucker
i November 21, 2000 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band
2000 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band
1989 Annette Hanshaw
2004 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
1992 Isham Jones Orchestra
i 2000 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band
i 1976 Clarence Williams' Blue Five
i 2000 Clarence Williams' Blue Five
i 1989 Joe Venuti's Blue Four
i 2000 Clarence Williams [US1]
i 1986 Clarence Williams [US1]
i November 21, 2000 Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
1992 Irving Aaronson & His Commanders
2004 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
1992 Gene Austin
i 2000 Frisco Five
1990 Charles Johnson's Paradise Ten
1991 Jules Herbuveaux' Palmer House Victorians – Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
  2006 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
1992 (unknown)
i November 21, 2000 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber
1991 Haring's Happy Harmonizers – Vocal Chorus, Jerry Macy

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Ace of Rhythm Louisiana Washboard Five featuring Keith Nichols November 21, 2000 Herman Records
A Tribute to Paul Whiteman Keith Nichols' Jazz Artists & Northern Sinfonia 2007 Lake Records
Benny Waters' Memories of the Twenties Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra & Jazz Kings 1990 Stomp Off Records
Cat at the Keyboard Keith Nichols 1975 One-Up
Chitterlin' Strut Keith Nichols 1988 Stomp Off Records
Collegiate Rhythm Keith Nichols' Collegians 2006 P.E.K. Sound
Doctors Jazz Keith Nichols and the Red Hot Syncopators 1986 Stomp Off Records
“Friends” The Blackbottom Stompers Meet Keith Nichols 2003 P.E.K. Sound
Futuristic Rhythm Louisiana Washboard Five featuring Keith Nichols & Matthias Seuffert 2004 Stomp Off Records
Handful of Keith Red Roseland Cornpickers with Keith Nichols 1986 Stomp Off Records
Harlem Madness Keith Nichols' Earthbound Spirits 2004 P.E.K. Sound
Harlem's Arabian Nights Keith Nichols & The Cotton Club Orchestra 1997 Stomp Off Records
Henderson Stomp Keith Nichols and The Cotton Club Orchestra 1994 Stomp Off Records
I Like to Do Things for You Keith Nichols Cotton Club Gang and Janice Day with Guy Barker 1992 Stomp Off Records
Jubilee Stomp Mike Durham's West Jesmond Rhythm Kings with Special Guest Keith Nichols 2002 Lake Records
Kansas City Breakdown (The Music of Bennie Moten) Keith Nichols & The Blue Devils 2003 Stomp Off Records
Keith Nichols Plays Scott Joplin and the Classic Rag Masters Keith Nichols 1974 One-Up
Let's Misbehave Rusty Taylor's Jazz Review with Keith Nichols 1989 Stomp Off Records
Lolly Pops Paramount Theatre Orchestra 1985 Stomp Off Records
One More Time The Nichols-Duffee International Jazz Orchestra 2013 Lake Records
Radio Nights The Moonlight Broadcasters 1989 Stomp Off Records
Ragtime Rules - O.K. Keith Nichols and His Ragtime Orchestra 1976 One-Up
Red Hot Band Red Roseland Cornpickers with Keith Nichols and Bent Persson 1987 Stomp Off Records
Shakin' the Blues Away Keith Nichols' Hot Six 1983 Stomp Off Records
Syncopated Jamboree Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra with Claus Jacobi and Bent Persson 1991 Stomp Off Records
Territory Jazz The Dreamland Syncopators 1987 Stomp Off Records
The Music of Clarence Williams The West Jesmond Rhythm Kings with Bent Persson and Keith Nichols 2000 GHB
The Transatlantic Banjo Co. Buddy Wachter • Peter "Banjo" Meyer featuring Keith Nichols 1987 Pinorrekk
We Wonder What the Poor People Are Doing Tonight Mike Goetz with Keith Nichols 2001 Downtown [CH]