Editing Red Nichols (section)

{{short description|American jazz cornetist, composer, and bandleader (1905–1965)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Red Nichols
| image               = Red Nichols from sheet music.jpg
| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name          = Ernest Loring Nichols
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1905|5|8}}
| birth_place         = [[Ogden, Utah]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1965|6|28|1905|5|8}}
| death_place         = [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], U.S.
| genre               = [[Jazz]]
| occupation          = Musician, bandleader, composer
| instrument          = [[Cornet]]
| years_active        = 
| label               = 
| associated_acts     = [[California Ramblers]], [[Paul Whiteman]]
}}

'''Ernest Loring''' "'''Red'''" '''Nichols''' (May 8, 1905 – June 28, 1965)<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=304}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] cornetist, composer, and jazz bandleader. He was one of the most prolific and influential jazz musicians in the late 1920s and early 1930s, appearing on over 4,000 recordings. In 1959, a biopic was made of his life and career, ''[[The Five Pennies]]'', starring [[Danny Kaye]].