Albert Nicholas

An excellent clarinetist with a stylish mellow tone, Albert Nicholas had an extended and diverse career but his taking part in was always regularly rewarding. He analyzed with Lorenzo Tio, Jr. in New Orleans, and used cornet legends Friend Petit, Ruler Oliver, and Manuel Perez during his teenagers. After 3 years within the Vendor Marines, he became a member of Ruler Oliver in Chicago for a lot of 1925-1927, documenting with Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators. He spent annually in china and taiwan and Egypt, arriving in NY in 1928 to become listed on Luis Russell for five years. Nicholas, who experienced recorded in a number of settings within the 1920s, sounded flawlessly aware of Russell, acquiring his solos alongside Crimson Allen, J.C. Higginbottham, and Charlie Holmes. He’d later on re-join Russell once the pianist experienced the backup orchestra for Louis Armstrong a couple of years later on, and Nicholas also caused Jelly Move Morton in 1939 (he previously documented with Morton previously in 1929). Points slowed down for a while in the first ’40s, however the New Orleans revival got him operating again within the middle-’40s with Artwork Hodes, Bunk Johnson, and Child Ory; by 1948, the clarinetist was playing frequently with Ralph Sutton’s trio at Jimmy Ryan’s. In 1953, Nicholas adopted Sidney Bechet’s example and relocated to France where, apart from time for the U.S. for documenting classes in 1959 and 1960, he gladly continued to be for his last 20 years.