Listener Rod Jellema tells us,
"Amazingly, Spanier remembered me
from two brief conversations we had
had a year and a half earlier in
Chicago. Before I could ask
directions to a shop, he tugged off
his own tie and handed it to me.
"This is all you need. They're sure
to let me in without it." More…
Muggsy Spanier (Photo by Charles Peterson)
Photo courtesy Bobby Black
San Antonio's Ernie Caceres often played clarinet at Nick's in bands led by Muggsy Spanier, Eddie Condon and Bobby Hackett.
Photo by Charles Peterson
Benny Carter at Nick's, where a January 1941 one-night stand was extended for a five-week residency for his big band.
Pee Wee Russell (Photo by Charles Peterson)
Photo from 'Sidney Bechet, Wizard of Jazz', by John Chilton
Soprano sax man Sidney Bechet leads
his quartet at Nick's.
Drums-Zutty Singleton, bass-Wellman
Braud, guitar-unknown.