Word: spanier
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...denies that there was a distinctly psychopathic strain in the old Austin High School crowd, which included Jimmy and Rich MacUartland, Bud Freeman, Floyd O'Brien, Frank Teschemacher, and allied members such as Dave Hough, Jess Stacy, Gene Krupa, Joe Sullivan, Muggsy Spanier, and Mezz Mezzrow. For instance, Tesch married a gal who used to pour nothing but straight gin on her corn flakes...
...Among its sponsors: Bandleaders' Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Louis Armsrong Muggsy Spanier...
...Jazzmen: Muggsy Spanier...
...Chicagoans and their influence when they speak of the Chicago style. Bud Freeman, not Chicago style is the father of the jam session tenor. Then, too, many of the original Chicagoans have left the fold. Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, who still gives us a faint aroma of Teschmaker, Muggsy Spanier, and countless others are fronting commercial or semi-commercial bands...
...better knwon men in the band is clarinetist Rod Cless, for his work on the iabulous Muggsy Spanier Ragtimers' records. Perhaps his cool, limpid tone is not as immediately satisfying as PeeWee Russell's hoarser clarinet, but after repeated hearings, Rod is just as exciting. He plays a fine, clear melodic line that is remmiscent of Johnny Dodds...