- Stuff Smith / Dizzy Gillespie / Oscar Peterson · 1994
- Complete Jazz Series 1944 - 1946 · 2009
- Have Violin, Will Swing · 1957
- Jazz Violin Summit · 1999
- Violin Summit · 2015
- Violin Summit · 2015
- Violin Summit · 2015
- Violin Summit · 2015
- Violin Summit · 2015
- Violin Summit · 2015
- Violin Summit · 2013
- Bye · 2006
- Blue Room - EP · 2020
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About Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith was one of the big three of pre-bop violinists along with Joe Venuti and Stephane Grappelli. Many of his fans said that he could outswing all of his competitors, and certainly Stuff was a major force on the bandstand. Smith, who cited Louis Armstrong as his main influence, studied music with his father and played with the family band as a child. His first major job and recordings were with Alphonse Trent's territory band in the 1920s, but it was not until 1936 that he had his breakthrough. Leading a quintet at the Onyx Club with trumpeter Jonah Jones, Smith's comedy vocals and hard-swinging approach made the group a hit on 52nd Street for several years; his novelty "I'se a Muggin'" became a hit. Smith worked regularly with his trios in the 1940s, but was in danger of being forgotten in the '50s when Norman Granz recorded him fairly extensively for Verve; Stuff also participated in Nat King Cole's After Midnight sessions for Capitol. The violinist moved to Copenhagen in 1965 and was active until his death two years later. ~ Scott Yanow
- HOMETOWN
- Portsmouth, OH, United States
- BORN
- 14 August 1909
- GENRE
- Jazz