Volume 220: Red Hot Pennies

2025-03-16

Gee, imagine that! Another album featuring a trumpet player from my dad's collection. And a trumpet player we've heard from before. This time, we get to hear some great ragtime. This artist not only fronted his own band, but got his pedigree through some of the best big bands in history. So, get ready to hear a musician who had a movie made about his life in Volume 220: Red Hot Pennies. More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. Credits and copyrights Red Nichols And His Famous Pennies – Hot Pe...

Gee, imagine that! Another album featuring a trumpet player from my dad's collection. And a trumpet player we've heard from before.

This time, we get to hear some great ragtime.

This artist not only fronted his own band, but got his pedigree through some of the best big bands in history.

So, get ready to hear a musician who had a movie made about his life in Volume 220: Red Hot Pennies.

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.

Credits and copyrights

Red Nichols And His Famous Pennies – Hot Pennies
Label: Capitol Records – T 775
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: 1956
Genre: Jazz
Style: Ragtime

Recorded in Capitol Tower on September 7 and 10, 1956.

We will hear 6 of the 10 songs on this album.

Louisiana
written by Andy Razaf, J. C. Johnson, and Bob Schafer

Marchin' With The Saints (aka When the Saints Go Marching In)
(Traditional)

Maple Leaf Rag
written by Scott Joplin