Ben Smith

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Ben Smith

as, *1905
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Benjamin J. Smith

Born March 1, 1905, Memphis, TN. US alto saxophonist, clarinetist and drummer from the Swing era. He could be the same person as the songwriter of ""I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem" (see Ben Smith (5)). Producer, arranger and owner of several labels in the 50s/60s such as X-Tra Records (4), Tarx Records, Teenage Record Co., Triode Records, Tra-x Records and publisher Styletone/Styletone Music.

Instruments

Alto sax
Saxophone
Drums

Genres

Jazz
Pop
Blues

Plays With

Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy

Andy Kirk And His Orchestra

Ben Smith Quartet

Benny Carter And His Orchestra

Chicago Hot Five

Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra

Hot Lips Page And His Band

Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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