Spann's work for Chess Records included the 1954 single, "It Must Have Been the Devil" / "Five Spot", with B.B. King and Jody Williams on guitars.
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Material featuring Spann on DVD includes the Newport Jazz Festival (1960), the American Folk Blues Festival (1963), The Blues Masters (1966), and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival (1968).
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Some releases featured Mike Vernon produced recordings of U.S. artists such as Otis Spann and Champion Jack Dupree, backed by British Blues players such as Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, Paul Kossoff, Stan Webb, Pete Wingfield and Duster Bennett.
When he was young he attended live performances of Otis Spann, Professor Longhair, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Seeger, Joshua Rifkin and Josh White, among others.