Spanier performing at Nick's Tavern, New York, c. June 1946
Background information
Birth name
Francis Joseph Spanier
Born
(1901-11-09)November 9, 1901 Chicago, Illinois, US
Died
February 12, 1967(1967-02-12) (aged 65) Sausalito, California, US
Genres
Jazz, Dixieland
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Cornet, trumpet
Years active
1921–1964
Labels
Bluebird, Mercury, RCA
Musical artist
Francis Joseph "Muggsy" Spanier (November 9, 1901 – February 12, 1967)[1] was an American jazz cornetist based in Chicago. He was a member of the Bucktown Five, pioneers of the "Chicago style" that straddled traditional Dixieland jazz and swing.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 373. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
Francis Joseph "Muggsy" Spanier (November 9, 1901 – February 12, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist based in Chicago. He was a member of the Bucktown...
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Blues") and fourteen ("Mood Indigo"), which were written by Fats Waller, MuggsySpanier and Duke Ellington, respectively. The score for this movie was the last...
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various times Ray Bauduc, Yank Lawson, Billy Butterfield, Charlie Spivak, MuggsySpanier, Irving Fazola, Nappy Lamare, Jack Sperling, Joe Sullivan, Jess Stacy...
he recorded V-Disc sides with MuggsySpanier and the V-Disc All Stars. His composition "Pee Wee Speaks" with Spanier was released as a V-Disc, as Navy...
Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Ruth, later remarried to jazz musician MuggsySpanier, who became stepfather to Ruth's sons.[full citation needed] Educated...
worked in bands led by Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Dorsey, Red Norvo, and MuggsySpanier. In High Society, a 1956 film, Deems performs a drum solo during a scene...
cornetist. He emerged in the 1920s through his work playing alongside MuggsySpanier and Frank Teschemacher in a cover band where they played the music of...
Chicago. Every now and then other well-known jazz musicians, such as MuggsySpanier, would drop in and sit and play until dawn. Georg Brunis died in Chicago...
Reweliotty et son Orchestre: Bechet-Souvenirs", 1951 "Sidney Bechet, MuggsySpanier: Jam Session", 1952 "Sidney Bechet", 1952 "Port of Harlem Six", 1952...
1936–39 707 Eddie South 1923–37 708 Stéphane Grappelli 1935–40 709 MuggsySpanier 1939–42 710 Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1934–36 711 James P. Johnson 1938–42...
DECCA 2398B MuggsySpanier Ragtime Band (1939), 043894-2 BLUEBIRD 10532 Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter (1949), BLUENOTE BN568 MuggsySpanier and His Ragtime...
He worked with Sidney Bechet, Kid Ory, George Lewis, George Brunis, MuggsySpanier, and Bunk Johnson. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ewell played with Bill...
Edmond Hall, Hot Lips Page, Pee Wee Russell, Willie "The Lion" Smith, MuggsySpanier, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Lee Wiley, and Lester Young. Gabler arranged...
Eye" by Paul Soniat "Red Rain" by Paris "Relaxin' at the Touro" by MuggsySpanier "Remember Me To New Orleans" by Alice Creech "Rendesvous In Congo Square"...
circles today include Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Wingy Manone and MuggsySpanier. Many artists of the big band era, including Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa...
to the sound of Chicagoans such as Jimmy McPartland, Eddie Condon, MuggsySpanier, and Bud Freeman. The rhythm sections of these bands substitute the...
players in New Orleans and Chicago, including Tommy Ladnier, Paul Mares, MuggsySpanier, Johnny Wiggs, Frank Guarente and, the most famous of all, Armstrong...
their toes. At Touro Hospital one of his patients was jazz musician MuggsySpanier, who credited Ochsner with saving his life and composed the tune "Relaxin'...
Billie Pierce and De De Pierce Alton Purnell Kid Rena Emanuel Sayles MuggsySpanier Albert Warner Johnny Wiggs Buster Wilson List of record labels Cook...
clarinetist and saxophonist, perhaps best known for his work on sixteen MuggsySpanier tunes for Bluebird Records. Additionally, Cless worked with other artists...
1921. Before joining the Dorsey band, he worked with George Paxton and MuggsySpanier. From 1945 to 1951, he recorded with Dorsey and was a soloist in the...
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