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Stuff Smith (* 14. August 1909 in Portsmouth, Ohio als Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith; † 25. September 1967 in München) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker und Violinist, Band-Leader und Sänger. Er gilt neben Joe Venuti und Stéphane Grappelli als wichtigster Violinist der Swing -Ära.
He is featured in several numbers on the Nat King Cole Trio album, After Midnight. Part of Smith's performance at what is considered the first outdoor jazz festival, the 1938 Carnival of Swing on Randall's Island, turned up unexpectedly on audio engineer William Savory's discs, which were self-recorded off the radio at the time, then ...
9. Juli 2021 · Nat King Cole: After Midnight. Only the second reissue for the session in toto, with the lesser-known Stuff Smith tracks 'a monument suffused with irresistible humour'.
Tracks 14 to 17 shift things up a gear, as violinist Stuff Smith enters with his usual animation. On Sometimes I’m Happy , Smith is fairly restrained, contributing romantic phrases behind Cole’s vocal and adding a short but expressive solo.
After Midnight is a 1957 jazz album by "Nat King Cole and his trio" on Capitol Records. It peaked at #13 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Albums chart. The Penguin Guide to Jazz listed the album as part of its suggested “core collection”.
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Stuff Smith discography and songs: Music profile for Stuff Smith, born 14 August 1909. Genres: Swing, Jazz, Standards. Albums include After Midnight, The Burning Spider, and Flashbacks #1: High & Low / Drug Songs 1917-1944.
