Harry Smith

The Harry Smith who recorded on clarinet in the '20s, showing up on the roster of a compilation entitled Harlem Comes to London, is not to be confused with a Wisconsin-based clarinetist known more formally as Harold Smith who began performing and recording similar music more than half a century later. Discographical bean counter Tom Lord lists one Harry Smith having played clarinet or saxophone on nearly 40 albums in the '30s and '40s, but this could well represent the efforts of several different people. ~ Eugene Chadbourne