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albert , new york , ca . march 1947 . image nicholas : william p. gottlieb , jimmy ryan 's -lrb- club -rrb- 03 september 1973 basel , switzerland 1910s -- 1973 new orleans , louisiana , us non_vocal_instrumentalist 27 may 1900 clarinet jazz albert nicholas -lrb- gottlieb 06571 -rrb- . jpg albert nicholas
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albert nicholas

albert nicholas -lrb- may 27 , 1900 , new orleans , louisiana -- september 3 , 1973 , basel , switzerland -rrb- was an american jazz reed player .
nicholas 's primary instrument was the clarinet , which he studied with lorenzo tio in his hometown of new orleans .
late in the 1910s he played with buddy petit , king oliver , and manuel perez .
he spent three years in the merchant marines and then joined up again with oliver in chicago from 1925 to 1927 .
after time in east asia and egypt , he returned to new york city in 1928 and played with luis russell until 1933 , playing there with red allen , charlie holmes , and j. c. higginbotham .
later he played with chick webb , louis armstrong -lrb- with russell -rrb- and jelly roll morton -lrb- recorded 1929 , 1939 -rrb- .
the dixieland jazz revival of the late 1940s reinvigorated his career ; he played with art hodes , bunk johnson , and kid ory , and had a regular gig with ralph sutton in 1948 .
in 1953 he moved to france ; except for recording sessions in the u.s. in 1959-60 , he remained there for the rest of his life .
nicholas 's uncle was wooden joe nicholas .
