Red Nichols On Lawrence Welk, 1956

[@beverleyeldridge4594]

Jazz is an Art . Different to all other music. the ability to play without music, follow ,add bits and pieces , just awesome .

[@planetmaxwell01]

You 4 people that gave this a thumbs down, you dont like jazz so why are you even here? go jam to whatever music you like and stop giving thumbs down to the Greatist Jazz Big Band Leader of all time. Red Nichols is the Godfather of jazz and a true Legend of music. He gave us the Big Band Era. Many great Big band leaders from the 30's came from his bands of the 20's. His career spanned longer than many other musicians careers. He was still going strong when most other big bands were Kaput. Only his death ended his career.

[@nicolasolmosolmos1657]

VERY WELL SAID, THOSE WHO GAVE THIS A THUMBS DOWN ARE CERTAINLY LOVERS OF NOWADAYS DECADENT SHIT MUSIC.

[@dept2]

Saw Red & band in person 1961 - you can't imagine how great it sounded - really swung & every note was a "gem."

[@zabbadadooey]

Should mention that this clip was generously provided by Steve Cooper, whose tributes to many jazz favorites from the past are to be found here on KZbin also. No one does a Red Nichols rendition like Steve.

[@IamUncledeuce]

Aren't we fortunate to be able to see these bids. It is just great.

[@jeffreycraven8154]

My girlfriend of 23 years says I listen to dead people; they come to life when I listen. When Red left music to become a steel worker to pay his daughter's medical bills; then able to return playing what he loved, that shows passion for loved ones first and secondly his love of music. God Bless Red's daughter.

[@stevereich2940]

Although I've always been familiar with Red Nichols' name from reading jazz history, it's great to see & hear how strong his still was so late in his career. Thanks for the anecdote about Red. BTW - I wasn't familiar w/Joe Rushton....great bass sax playing !!

[@beverleyeldridge4594]

Love it , a very talented man .

[@NorthernPlus]

When I was a young kid, I enjoyed this style of music, but to my unsophisticated ear thought it was everyone just performing on their own with no care of what the others in the group were playing. Well, it became so obvious how sophisticated this style really is. Have read more now concerning Red Nichols and how he remained true to his style of play after it had fewer fans in his later life. This video is a true treat, and I am grateful that it exists for all of us to enjoy and learn from. Thank you so much for posting.

[@MrTennis88]

Wonderful people fantastic musicians. I had never seen a bass sax, very impressive player, beautiful touch.

[@jeffcraven7376]

Lawrence Welk was a force that helped slow the popularity of boring 3 chord changes & musicians that didn't know one note from another. I think Red and his Five Pennies rock in 1956.

[@dept2]

Red was on the Welk show again in February 1962 playing Birth Of The Blues

[@johnmayhew5451]

I am so thankful to have been exposed to this music by an old friend back in the 70s. While my friends were rocking with Aerosmith and the like, I was hiding with my 78s listening to Red Nichols, Bix Beiderbecke, and Adrian Rollini.

[@dcabana1]

Got locked into this music back in the 50's.

[@dparks999]

About two weeks before that TV date, Red and his band were at a place I think was called the Astor on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City - Red invited me, a 19-year old kid in a sailor suit, to play on the stage with those guys in back of me. I wound up playing the whole set while Red schmoozed with his friends in the (small) crowd there. It's been a highlight of my musical life! Red can do no wrong in my book.

[@jeffcraven7376]

Red: The Depression, daughter suffering for Polio; he worked in the steel mills to earn enough to help his daughter while putting his music on hold; now that's a man! Also, what a musician with a real heart.

[@zabbadadooey]

I wasn't aware he worked in a steel mill. But I do know he worked in a ship yard before he got back into playing again.

[@planetmaxwell01]

Awesome story Dick!

[@planetmaxwell01]

Zabbadadooey google for the movie The Five Pennies. It's one of my favorite alltime movies. Its about Red Nichols. It's just Awesome and made me fall in love with Big band Jazz when i was just a young kid in the 70's. He is played by Danny Kaye.

[@dept2]

@@planetmaxwell01 Some of the actual music from the movie is on Danny Kaye's Library Of Congress page - . I've been playing Red's actual music for the past 35 years!

[@brianhammerstein]

That Red Nichols group is just perfect. Not a hair out a place in those arrangements. Precision, precision, precision.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

Thank you for showcasing two legends of music....Lawrence Welk and Red Nichols. Especially, Mr. Nichols and his Five Pennies, the subject of Danny Kaye's 1959 biographical film, The Five Pennies. I'm sure, in addition to his music being showcased on KZbin, that there are TV appearances of Red from the Fifties. A must-see for anyone interested in classic jazz.

[@lesterwyoung]

Great to see Joe Rushton on bass saxophone.

[@dennisolivares7827]

+Joe Carbery ...liked Rushton better than the iconic Rollini, who recorded far more!

[@dennisolivares7827]

...or even my penpal Vince Giordano!

[@lesterwyoung]

+Dennis Olivares I think Rushton and Vince had the advantage of coming after Rollini, who had done a lot of the pioneering work. I first heard Joe on an EP (45 rpm disc) of the Rampart Street Paraders. They had a five member frontline (tpt, tbn, clt, tnr & bass saxophone) but in the ensemble passages managed to keep out of each others' way and still produce marvelous music. They were all such consummate musicians!

[@Twinzma]

Red’s life story is so sad but I really loved his biographical movie

[@kathyrikkerink3858]

BLOODY WONDERFULL !!!!

[@henryblicharz5556]

Two Great Band Leaders and Entertainers at a Time when , This Is Entertainment !

[@DouglasMorlongII]

6:12 Love seeing my Grandfather on the drums!!!!! I sure do miss him!!!!

[@前田慶次-u6x]

本物ですねぇ✨️ 素晴らしいです 素敵です❤ 映画より いい感じ(´∀`)ですやん！❤

[@brucekuehn4031]

Bass sax - now that's something you don't see every day! Fills a nice spot - anyone want to try one again?

[@zabbadadooey]

Joe Rushton fell in love with the bass sax when he heard Adrian Rollini play one in the late 1920s, and never looked back and made it his instrument of choice for the rest of his career. There were, and still are bass sax players down through the years, but most use it in their arsenal of instruments, rather than their sole axe. One obvious place to check for regular bass saxophony nowadays is Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6WXoZSJfcSIpZo

[@brucekuehn4031]

zabbadadooey Strange coincidence - I just watched Cafe Society (Woody Allen) a couple nights ago and Vince and the Nighthawks did most of the music. But I understand it's usually a bigger band than they used for the movie.

[@mauricioduron3193]

Love it! What a treat!

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW Wonderful clip with some amazing musicians. Well done from a 70yo Aussie fan.

[@nosmoking6573]

Awesome sauce... just great....thanks Red ♥

[@mattmintzell2253]

Really fine music - Red sounds great and the bass sax player gives the music an authentic late '20s sound - especially enjoyed "Louisiana."

[@davidlogansr8007]

Matt Mintzell I Love Bass Sax and it’s so seldom heard! Fantastic video for it’s time! Must have been filmed because I’ve never seen a kinescope look that good ! A bit early for video tape but not impossible.

[@dept2]

@@davidlogansr8007 EVERY Welk show in the 50's was filmed - over 100 films were sent out EVERY WEEK to stations all over the country that didn't carry the show live. Sometime some stations shwoed Welk 4 times a week - using older reruns. Almost all those films have disappeared. All 16mm. Red was on again in Feb. 1962 on Welk show. That was filmed AND videotaped.

[@utubeDaveutube]

Nice to see and hear him like this.

[@zabbadadooey]

I was stoked too.

[@houstonkpetty2807]

I remember the movie they made of him. Fun show!!

[@gloriamosure9184]

Thanks for this.

[@kscape100]

So worth it! What a wonderful post. Thank you.

[@bytoriasnowdoggy]

Wow!

[@jacktattis]

Magnificent

[@em468]

Grandioso 👌🥳

[@pennysimms8504]

Joyce, Thank you for sharing this.. Penny

[@tadeodewiesent2522]

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[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent

[@gammarotor]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alancobain2151]

THAT'S THE GREAT ROLLY CULVER ON DRUMS.

[@brustdiesel]

oh this is just good...

[@zabbadadooey]

Wunnerful-ah-wunnerful-ah!

[@BartleyOneBear]

Stan Freberg

[@manidig]

Turn off the bubble machine....

[@hotz21985]

wow great musical talent

[@Bigband78]

Really enjoyable.THANKS PEPPERS

[@zabbadadooey]

Do you mean Johnny Peppercraft? I'm not him, but thanks anyway.

[@aaronjorgefridman5662]

Esta música hace bailar hasta los paralíticos

[@em468]

Ese sax bajo suena hermoso 👍👌🎵

[@carlosjorgemartinez2742]

Gran dominio del instrumento.

[@bmcbg]

When I was younger this music sucked, at least I thought that at the time. As I see it now, I can really appreciate their talent...great music !

[@svbeattie40]

Netflix in Canada had the movie about Red on for a bit. It would be great if you had the option of buying a movie on Netflix, would have loved to have had a copy of it. The group sounds good, especially on Fidgety Feet.

[@zabbadadooey]

Do you mean the Paramount movie "The Five Pennies" starring Danny Kaye, or the black & white mini documentary/promo movie about Red made around the same time?

[@svbeattie40]

The one with Danny Kaye.

[@CarlDuke]

Steven Beattie And a very young Tuesday Weld as his daughter.

[@mauricioduron3193]

Steven Beattie Indeed! . Presumably, Danny Kaye plays the jazzed up rendition of 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' early on against Nichols' track. What about Armstrong's 'After You've Gone'?! I can hear that horn in my mind, still. Tap your toes on the college montage to 'Back Home in Indiana'. Nichols' beautiful 'Wail of the Winds' is a mere fragment near the end of the movie but performed complete in the soundtrack album. Also, there's Kaye singing Sylvia Fine's tender 'Five Pennies' as well as 'Lullaby in Ragtime' and 'Good Night; Sleep Tight with Barbara Bel Geddes (voiced by Eileen Wilson). Or Kaye and Louis Armstrong singing an unforgettable ''When the Saints Come Marching In'. Not any of it to be missed!

[@okasa64]

What a talent, Red was amazing. Only Bix was better in my book.

[@excatholics]

"Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick" (Lam. 3:63).

[@Gennettor-nc8kx]

Welk himself, like his "Champagne Music", was rather stiff; Red and his boys are quite a relief here!

[@dcabana1]

We fo this one eith our band .CabanaDixie.Zippy little tune!

[@vintasgeport]

Red did indeed have his own style, but there is a brief little "bixism" at 5:54.

[@michaelstewart7285]

nice technique

[@RuthRader]

Look at that trumpet guy’s hair. He looks like he’s playing in Benny Goodman’s swing band in like 1938.

[@paulkeresztes3551]

Red Nichols

[@RonGerstein]

NOT A TRUMPET (4 VALVES) IT IS A CORONET (3 VALVES)

[@clarkelaidlaw1678]

Bix was already sliding because of boot leg alcoholic poisoning when only 27..we dont know how he would have progressed if he had lived longer..Who was the better between he and Red...To quote The Duke in Rio Bravo..'I'd hate to have to have to live on the difference'

[@ianboard544]

bass sax - you don't see that very often.

[@randybauer1602]

Pianist was introduces as Allen Stevens. Damn if he doesn't look like Steve Allen. Similarities??

[@zabbadadooey]

That's Allen Stevenson, not Stevens. Can't tell much with old video, but I'd say there isn't much similarity.

[@ohiovr]

5:41 :D

[@edmondmcdowell9690]

What these guys could do when they didn't have to play all the smaltzy stuff. As a kid my dad and I watched until the Pete Fountain number.

[@musicom67]

1:38 - The Beast of Saxophones...Ever smell the inside of a big sax like that? Ask a repairman - it ain't pretty.

[@waynecolburn3310]

Bix was greater and Red was influenced by Bix. But Red is great on cornet no doubt. You can hear Bix in Reds playing.

[@harryoakley]

Anyone who claims that Red was influenced by Bix has no idea of Red's music. Nothing could be further from the truth and Red himself, vigorously and absolutely correctly, denied it. These are his words, literally: "Only a person who is musically ignorant finds any similarity between my work and Bix’s". And indeed, you only have to use your ears (if you know how) to hear that there is no resemblance between Bix and Nichols whatsoever.

[@daikimoto6725]

It doesn't need to judge who is better. Bix was my first idol and he was really great but Red has his own great things. Indee Bix was the pionier and the others were followers. But also great.

[@garysaddleback]

Well, folks . . . like another horn-man---Jonah Jones---Nichols made a handsome living in the 1950's with small group "supper club" gigs. Red had a very personal reason for tolerating this grind---to finance his crippled daughter's medical bills. Gary in Arizona

[@cassandramorrigan]

I actually have two of their instruments. A cornet and a trombone.

[@altamontdarby2819]

Well, some folks received credit and needn't enter the establishment by the back door!🙄

[@PatrickRohou]

Wispering

[@alansklenar2848]

Red is actually playing a cornet not a trumpet

[@zabbadadooey]

Who said he was playing a trumpet?

[@johnroberts5515]

Very tight group. However, I am disappointed at how Red Nichols manages to get a brassy trumpet tone from a cornet, despite a few nods to the phrasing of the pure cornet tone of Bix Beiderbecke.

[@dennisolivares7827]

...and I continue to think Red was BETTER than Bix in the long term and on any given solo! Bix is overrated for eccentric flashes on a handful of records; maybe better in live gigs but I doubt it. Even Rex Stewart credits Nichols more highly than Bix. Me too and for the past 60 years.

[@mrjimmienoone2130]

+Dennis Olivares Sorry, but I can't make up my mind what your comment is: more weird or more absurd. Probably both.

[@dennisolivares7827]

+MrJimmienoone "Both" is fine but I STAND by my editorial today more than ever before!

[@zabbadadooey]

Dennis and Jimmie - Only time would have answered that “Who is better - Red or Bix?” question, if time hadn’t run out for Bix. IMHO, Bix had a unique style that just knocked everybody out, including Red. It’s no wonder Red used Bixisms in his playing back then. That’s where people start to compare the two, and it’s where the argument goes off the rails. Nichols had facility, Bix had a unique style. After the war, Red’s style morphed into something different. We’ll never know what Bix would have done, so comparisons are forever moot.

[@jeffcraven7376]

+Dennis Olivares After 40 years of listening to Bix and Red on 78, LP then Cds, they both were great: their styles were definitely different. If you love jazz trumpet from the late 20's and early 30's who could top Louis Armstrong? In 1956 Red Nichols was tops on trumpet with traditional jazz only because Louie had burned up his lip.

[@mrjimmienoone2130]

+Olivares. All this is ridiculous. If you cant't tell the difference in sheer quality of playing from Red to Bix I'd advise you to give up listening to jazz. Because you'll never catch it.

[@johngaspar4425]

I keep seeing Charlie Chaplin running down the street

[@demef758]

What? The members of the band didn't break up their instruments or set fire to them? And you call this entertainment? (Damn right, I do!!!!)