Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols (May 8, 1905 – June 28, 1965) was an American jazz cornettist, composer, and jazz bandleader.
Over his long career, Nichols recorded in a wide variety of musical styles, and critic Steve Leggett[1] describes him as "an expert cornet player, a solid improviser, and apparently
a workaholic, since he is rumored to have appeared on over 4,000 recordings during the 1920s alone."
msletty wrote :
I played Wagner because I understand he got his name from Wodin.
Woden (wō`dən; German vō`dĭn), Norse Odin (ō`dĭn), in Germanic religion and mythology, the supreme god. His cult, although widespread among the Germanic tribes, was sometimes subordinated to that of his son Thor. With his brothers, Woden fashioned the earth and the sky from the dead body of the giant Ymir, and from an ash tree and an alder he created the first man and woman. As chief of the gods of Asgard Asgard , in Norse mythology, home of the gods, also known as Aesir. It consisted of luxurious palaces and halls, in which the gods (whose chief was Odin) dwelled, conferred, and banqueted. One of the most beautiful of these halls was Valhalla.
..... he established the laws that governed the universe and controlled the destiny of humanity. At his court at Valhalla Valhalla or Walhalla , in Norse mythology, Odin's hall for slain heroes. This martial paradise was one of the most beautiful halls of Asgard. The dead warriors, brought to Valhalla by the Valkyries, fought during the day and feasted at night.
.. he was attended by the Valkyries. Woden was widely known as a god of war, but he was important also as a god of learning, of poetry, and of magic. His wife was Frigg, and his children included Thor, Balder, and Tiw. He was identified with the Roman god Mercury, and among Germanic peoples Mercury's day became Woden's day (Wednesday).
In Richard Wagner's opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Woden is called Wotan.
- though the visuals are excellent )
(Down the line, I'll have trouble with some letters, like X.) For the letter B, listeners get a bonus 2 selections instead of one.
Ah, dear Clifford Brown. Yes, another gone too soon and I love Stardust by that jazz man.
