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Mel Stitzel, the Glossary

Mel Stitzel (January 9, 1902 – December 31, 1952) was a German-born pianist best known for his work with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, a leading jazz band of the early 1920s.^[1]

13 relations: Ben Pollack, Friar's Inn, Gene Krupa, George Brunies, Germany, Jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Jo Stafford, Leon Roppolo, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Paul Mares, The Bucktown Five, Tin Roof Blues.
Dixieland pianists
New Orleans Rhythm Kings members
The Bucktown Five members

Ben Pollack

Ben Pollack (June 22, 1903 – June 7, 1971) was an American drummer and bandleader from the mid-1920s through the swing era. Mel Stitzel and Ben Pollack are New Orleans Rhythm Kings members.

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Friar's Inn

Friar's Inn (also called New Friar's Inn) was a nightclub and speakeasy in Chicago, Illinois, a famed jazz music venue in the 1920s.

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Gene Krupa

Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer.

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George Clarence Brunies (February 6, 1902 – November 19, 1974), Georg Brunis, was an American jazz trombonist, who was part of the dixieland revival. Mel Stitzel and George Brunies are jazz musicians from New Orleans and New Orleans Rhythm Kings members.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jelly Roll Morton

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (Lemott, later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Mel Stitzel and Jelly Roll Morton are American male jazz pianists and jazz musicians from New Orleans.

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Jo Stafford

Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s.

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Leon Roppolo

Leon Joseph Roppolo (March 16, 1902 – October 5, 1943) was an American early jazz clarinetist, best known for his playing with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Mel Stitzel and Leon Roppolo are jazz musicians from New Orleans and New Orleans Rhythm Kings members.

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New Orleans Rhythm Kings

The New Orleans Rhythm Kings (NORK) were one of the most influential jazz bands of the early to mid-1920s.

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Paul Mares

Paul Mares (June 15, 1900 – August 18, 1949), was an American early dixieland jazz cornet and trumpet player, and leader of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Mel Stitzel and Paul Mares are jazz musicians from New Orleans and New Orleans Rhythm Kings members.

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