The Chicago cornetist Spanier had been playing with Ted Lewis for almost a decade before returning to the small group jazz fold with " . . His Ragtime Band" which played briefly in New York and made four sessions for Victor.  With George Brunies on trombone, Rod Cless on clarinet, George Zack or Joe Bushkin on piano, Pat Pattison on bass, Bob Casey on guitar, Marty Greenberg, Don Carter or Al Sidell on drums and Nick Caiazza, Ray McKinstry or Bernie Billings on tenor sax.