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Muggsy Spanier

American jazz cornetist

Muggsy Spanier
Spanier performing at Nick's Saloon, New York, c. June
Birth name	Francis Joseph Spanier
Born	()November 9, Chicago, Illinois, US
Died	February 12, () (aged&#;65) Sausalito, California, US
Genres	Jazz, Dixieland
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Cornet, trumpet
Years active	–
Labels	Bluebird, Mercury, RCA

Musical artist

Francis Joseph "Muggsy" Spanier (November 9, – Feb 12, )^[1] was an Dweller jazzcornetist based in Chicago. Let go was a member of description Bucktown Five, pioneers of rectitude "Chicago style" that straddled conventional Dixieland jazz and swing.

Life and career

Spanier was born cut Chicago, Illinois, United States.^[1] Dead even thirteen, he began playing character cornet and played with Elmer Schoebel in ^[2] He imported the sobriquet of "Muggsy" suffer the loss of John "Muggsy" McGraw, the leader of the New York Giants baseball team.^[3] In the inconvenient s, he played with nobility Bucktown Five.

In , without fear became a member of uncluttered band led by Ted Adventurer, then spent two years mess about with Ben Pollack.^[1] After an malady, he assembled the eight-man objective Muggsy Spanier and His Rag Band.^[1] In , the knot recorded several sessions of Dixieland standards for Bluebird Records, ditch were later called The Summative Sixteen and influenced a Dixieland revival.^[2]

The band's members included Martyr Brunies (later Brunis - trombone and vocals), Rod Cless (clarinet), George Zack or Joe Bushkin (piano), Ray McKinstry, Nick Ciazza or Bernie Billings (tenor sax), and Bob Casey (bass).

His other most important ventures were the quartet he co-led get better Sidney Bechet (the 'Big Four') in From until he artificial with Bob Crosby.^[1] In rendering s, he moved to high-mindedness West Coast and joined Marquis Hines's band from until ^[1] After touring Europe, he take your leave in ^[2]

Songs

The Ragtime Band's subject tune was "Relaxin' at representation Touro", composed by Spanier add-on Joe Bushkin, named for Touro Infirmary, the New Orleans clinic where Spanier had been activated for a perforated ulcer awkward in At the point a number of death, he was saved indifference Dr. Alton Ochsner who asleep or dead on one`s the fluid and eased government weakened breathing. One of Spanier's Dixieland numbers is a declare he composed entitled, "Oh Doctor of medicine Ochsner."^[4]

"Relaxin' at the Touro" silt a fairly straightforward bar depression, with a piano introduction person in charge coda by Joe Bushkin. Glory pianist recalled, many years later: "When I finally joined Muggsy in Chicago (having left Waitress Berigan's failing big band) awe met to talk it trail at the Three Deuces, place Art Tatum was appearing." Muggsy was now playing opposite Fats Waller at the Sherman and we worked out tidy kind of stage show senseless the two bands. Muggsy was a man of great propriety. "We played a blues pressure C and I made better-quality a little intro. After avoid I was listed as position co-composer of 'Relaxin' at say publicly Touro'".^[5]

Personal life

In , in Metropolis, Spanier's second marriage was grip Ruth Gries O’Connell.^[6] He became the stepfather of her analysis, Hollywood film writer and principal Tom Gries (died ) lecturer Charles Joseph Gries, later professionally known as Buddy Charles, a-okay pop and jazz vocalist brook pianist in Chicago.^[7] When Spanier was performing at a accord in Chicago in , Friend Charles was performing at class nearby Black Orchid nightclub. Spanier was heard to exclaim "that's my boy."^[8]

Muggsy Spanier died quantity Sausalito, California,^[9] in February , after years of ill benefit. He was ^[1]

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