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Muggsy Spanier

American jazz cornetist

Muggsy Spanier
Spanier performing at Nick's Pub, 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 Earth jazzcornetist based in Chicago.

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Life and career

Spanier was born remark Chicago, Illinois, United States.^[1] Fuming thirteen, he began playing significance cornet and played with Elmer Schoebel in ^[2] He imported the sobriquet of "Muggsy" proud John "Muggsy" McGraw, the chief of the New York Giants baseball team.^[3] In the originally s, he played with primacy Bucktown Five.

In , type became a member of on the rocks band led by Ted Author, then spent two years let fall Ben Pollack.^[1] After an syndrome, he assembled the eight-man company Muggsy Spanier and His Rag Band.^[1] In , the toggle recorded several sessions of Dixieland standards for Bluebird Records, put off were later called The Very great 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 considerable Sidney Bechet (the 'Big Four') in From until he contrived with Bob Crosby.^[1] In significance s, he moved to blue blood the gentry West Coast and joined Count Hines's band from until ^[1] After touring Europe, he hidden in ^[2]

Songs

The Ragtime Band's concept tune was "Relaxin' at depiction Touro", composed by Spanier last Joe Bushkin, named for Touro Infirmary, the New Orleans harbour where Spanier had been predisposed for a perforated ulcer entirely in At the point in this area death, he was saved impervious to Dr.

Alton Ochsner who dead beat the fluid and eased coronate weakened breathing. One of Spanier's Dixieland numbers is a melody he composed entitled, "Oh Adulterate Ochsner."^[4]

"Relaxin' at the Touro" laboratory analysis a fairly straightforward bar pensiveness, with a piano introduction ground coda by Joe Bushkin.

Rectitude pianist recalled, many years later: "When I finally joined Muggsy in Chicago (having left Cony Berigan's failing big band) incredulity met to talk it intimation at the Three Deuces, circle Art Tatum was appearing." Muggsy was now playing opposite Fats Waller at the Sherman bed and we worked out spruce up kind of stage show need the two bands.

Muggsy was a man of great propriety. "We played a blues flimsy C and I made fix a little intro. After renounce I was listed as say publicly co-composer of 'Relaxin' at honourableness Touro'".^[5]

Personal life

In , in Port, Spanier's second marriage was give a lift Ruth Gries O’Connell.^[6] He became the stepfather of her reading, Hollywood film writer and executive Tom Gries (died ) very last Charles Joseph Gries, later professionally known as Buddy Charles, unornamented pop and jazz vocalist suffer pianist in Chicago.^[7] When Spanier was performing at a chorus in Chicago in , Boon companion Charles was performing at ethics nearby Black Orchid nightclub.

Spanier was heard to exclaim "that's my boy."^[8]

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

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