Gussie Mueller
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Gustave "Gussie" Mueller was an early jazz clarinetist.
Gussie Mueller, c. 1922
Papa Jack Laine
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George Vitelle "Papa Jack" Laine was an American musician and a pioneering band leader in New Orleans in the years from the Spanish–American War to World War I. He was often credited for training many
Gussie Mueller
…Gussie" Mueller (April 17, 1890 – December 16, 1965) was an early jazz clarinetist. The New Orleans, Louisiana-born Mueller was a top clarinetist with Papa Jack Laine's bands in New Orleans before going to Chicago, Illinois with Tom Brown's band in early 1915. After serving in the Army in World War I he moved to…
Papa Jack and his wife Blanche Nunez (Mama Laine), 1894