Red Nichols and his Five Pennies were one of the most popular bands of the New York Jazz scene of the 1920s. They recorded under a variety of different names, including the Arkansas Travelers, , the , , , The Hottentots and Miff Mole and his Little Molers. The band's style was often called "Chamber Jazz" by critics and for what it lacked in hot intensity it made up for with a cool somewhat detached, yet urban and sophisticated sound. In 1959 Hollywood made a highly fictionalized movie about the band called "The Five Pennies
Name Vars
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- Nichols And His Five Pennies
- Nichols And His Pennies
- His Five Pennies
- Loring \
- Nichols And His Orchestra
- Orchestre Red Nichols And His Five Pennies
- Red Nicholls And His World Famous Pennies
- Red Nichols
- Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
- Red Nichols & His Orchestra
- Red Nichols & His World Famous Pennies
- Red Nichols 5 Pennies
- Red Nichols And Famous Pennies
- Red Nichols And His \
- Red Nichols And His (Augmented) Five Pennies
- Red Nichols And His 5 Pennies
- Red Nichols And His Famous Pennies
- Red Nichols And His Hot Five Pennies
- Red Nichols And His New Orchestra
- Red Nichols And His Orchestra
- Red Nichols And His Pennies
- Red Nichols And His Penny Symphony
- Red Nichols And His World Famous Pennies
- Red Nichols And Hisd Five Pennies
- Red Nichols And The Augmented Pennies
- Red Nichols And The Five Pennies
- Red Nichols Five Pennies
- Red Nichols Und Seine Five Pennies
- Red Nichols Und Seine Pennies
- Red Nichols Y Sus 5 Peniques
- Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
- Red Nichols y Sus Five Pennies
- Red Nichols' Five Pennies
- Red Nichols' Pennies
- Red Nicols & His Five Pennies
Aliases
- The Captivators
- Miff Mole's Molers
- The Six Hottentots
- The Red Heads
- Gilbert Marsh's Orchestra
Members
- Red Nichols
- Jimmy Dorsey
- Eddie Lang
- Adrian Rollini
- Arthur Schutt
- Bobby Jones
- Mike Bryan
- Harry Yaeger
- Billy Maxted
- Frank Ray
- Billy Sheperd
- Vic Berton
- Leo McConville
- Paul Collins