Francis Joseph Julian Muggsy Spanier was a prominent cornet player based in Chicago. He was renowned as the best trumpet/cornet in Chicago until Bix Beiderbecke entered the scene.
Muggsy led several traditional/hot jazz bands, most notably Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band. This band set the style for all later attempts to play traditional jazz with a swing rhythm section. Its key members, apart from Muggsy, were: George Brunies - later Brunis -, Rod Cless, George Zack or Joe Bushkin, Ray McKi...
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