Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - They Didn't Believe Me

This is a rather unusual Nichols recording, very unlike the others in chamber jazz style of the Five Pennies. By the age of 12, Nichols was playing cornet with his father's brass band. He decided to take up the new style of music called jazz after hearing the phonograph records of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. He worked for various bandleaders including Paul Whiteman and Harry Reser. Henry Halstead was a regular in the cooperative California Ramblers in addition to leading groups under his own name and of the band of his friend trombonist Miff Mole. Nichols became one of the busiest phonograph session musicians of his era, making hundreds of recording sessions of jazz and hot dance band music. He also played in several Broadway shows. During his recording career (1926-1932) a virtual who's who of jazz musicians were members of Nichols' studio recording sessions. This one was made in 1929, and the lovely vocal is by Harold 'Scrappy' Lambert. For other beautiful versions of this song check http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsqkik_they-didn-t-believe-me-1949-that-midnight-kiss_music#.UbJdFRbGtCc and http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsqor5_they-didn-t-believe-me-1916-the-girl-from-utah_music#.UbJdZxbGtCc