Stuff Smith

Artist Biography For Stuff Smith

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith August 14 1909 – September 25 1967 Better Known As Stuff Smith Was An American Jazz Violinist. He Is Well Known For The Song "If You're A Viper". Smith Was Along With Stéphane Grappelli Svend Asmussen And Joe Venuti One Of Jazz Music's Preeminent Violinists Of The Swing Era.
He Was Born In Portsmouth Ohio In 1909 And Studied Violin With His Father. Smith Cited Louis Armstrong As His Primary Influence And Inspiration To Play Jazz And Like Armstrong Was A Vocalist As Well As Instrumentalist. In The 1920s He Played In Texas As A Member Of Alphonse Trent's Band. After Moving To New York He Had A Regular Gig With His Sextet At The Onyx Club Starting In 1935 And Also Performed With Coleman Hawkins As Well As With Younger Musicians Such As Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gillespie And Later Sun Ra.
After Being Signed To Vocalion In 1936 He Had A Big Hit With "I'se A Muggin'" And Was Billed As Stuff Smith And His Onyx Club Boys. He Recorded For Vocalion In 1936 Decca In 1937 And Varsity In 1939-1940.
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 Long-Sequestered. Some Newsreel Footage Had Survived But No Audio Of The Festival Had Been Believed To Have Until The Discs Were Acquired And Studied By The National Jazz Museum In Harlem In The Person Of Its Executive Director Loren Schoenberg In 2010. Smith Was Critical Of The Bebop Movement Although His Own Style Represented A Transition Between Swing And Bebop. He Is Credited As Being The First Violinist To Use Electric Amplification Techniques On A Violin. He Contributed To The Song "It's Wonderful" 1938 Often Performed By Louis Armstrong And Ella Fitzgerald Throughout Their Careers. Smith Moved To Copenhagen In 1965 Performed Actively In Europe And Died In Munich In 1967. He Is Buried At Klakring Cemetery In Jutland Denmark.
Stuff Smith Is One Of The 57 Jazz Musicians Photographed In The 1958 Portrait A Great Day In Harlem.

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Stuff Smith - It Ain't Right Stuff Smith - Here Comes The Man With The Jive Stuff Smith - It's Wonderful Stuff Smith - Twilight In Turkey Stuff Smith - It Ain't Right 07-01-36 Stuff Smith - You'se A Viper Stuff Smith - Ain't She Sweet Stuff Smith - Undecided Stuff Smith - April In Paris Stuff Smith - Purple Sounds Stuff Smith - The Man I Love Stuff Smith - Blue Violin Stuff Smith - I'se A Muggin' Stuff Smith - Onyx Club Spree Stuff Smith - Nice And Warm Stuff Smith - After You've Gone Stuff Smith - Strike Up The Band Stuff Smith - Ja-Da Stuff Smith - Old Joe's Hittin' The Jug Stuff Smith - I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Stuff Smith - Take The "A" Train Stuff Smith - Upstairs Stuff Smith - Skip It Stuff Smith - Blues In The Dungeon Stuff Smith - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Stuff Smith - Robins And Roses Stuff Smith - Desert Sands Stuff Smith - Nice Work If You Can Get It Stuff Smith - My Blue Heaven Stuff Smith - I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket Stuff Smith - Somebody Loves Me Stuff Smith - In A Mellotone Stuff Smith - St. James Infirmary Stuff Smith - They Can't Take That Away From Me Stuff Smith - Caravan Stuff Smith - I've Got A Heavy Date Stuff Smith - I Wrote My Song Stuff Smith - Oh, Lady Be Good! Stuff Smith - I Don't Want To Make History Stuff Smith - Serenade For A Wealthy Widow Stuff Smith - Bowing-Bowing Stuff Smith - 'S Wonderful Stuff Smith - It's Only A Paper Moon Stuff Smith - Comin' Thru The Rye Stuff Smith - How High The Moon Stuff Smith - Calypso Stuff Smith - Sam The Vegetable Man Stuff Smith - Soft Winds Stuff Smith - Joshua Stuff Smith - When Paw Was Courtin' Maw

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Biography - Stuff Smith

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith August 14 1909 – September 25 1967 Better Known As Stuff Smith Was An American Jazz Violinist. He Is Well Known For The Song "If You're A Viper". Smith Was Along With Stéphane Grappelli Svend Asmussen And Joe Venuti One Of Jazz Music's Preeminent Violinists Of The Swing Era.
He Was Born In Portsmouth Ohio In 1909 And Studied Violin With His Father. Smith Cited Louis Armstrong As His Primary Influence And Inspiration To Play Jazz And Like Armstrong Was A Vocalist As Well As Instrumentalist. In The 1920s He Played In Texas As A Member Of Alphonse Trent's Band. After Moving To New York He Had A Regular Gig With His Sextet At The Onyx Club Starting In 1935 And Also Performed With Coleman Hawkins As Well As With Younger Musicians Such As Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gillespie And Later Sun Ra.
After Being Signed To Vocalion In 1936 He Had A Big Hit With "I'se A Muggin'" And Was Billed As Stuff Smith And His Onyx Club Boys. He Recorded For Vocalion In 1936 Decca In 1937 And Varsity In 1939-1940.
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 Long-Sequestered. Some Newsreel Footage Had Survived But No Audio Of The Festival Had Been Believed To Have Until The Discs Were Acquired And Studied By The National Jazz Museum In Harlem In The Person Of Its Executive Director Loren Schoenberg In 2010. Smith Was Critical Of The Bebop Movement Although His Own Style Represented A Transition Between Swing And Bebop. He Is Credited As Being The First Violinist To Use Electric Amplification Techniques On A Violin. He Contributed To The Song "It's Wonderful" 1938 Often Performed By Louis Armstrong And Ella Fitzgerald Throughout Their Careers. Smith Moved To Copenhagen In 1965 Performed Actively In Europe And Died In Munich In 1967. He Is Buried At Klakring Cemetery In Jutland Denmark.
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