Ernest Elliott

Born Ernest Smith, this early 20th century jazz clarinetist is one of many musicians who bear the nickname "Sticky." In his case, as in many of the others, the name might have stuck because of a background as a thief, although residents of Detroit would be offended if one jumped to this conclusion simply because of Sticky Elliot's origins on that city's jazz scene of 1919, as a member of Hank ...more