ArtistInfo

Buster Smith

as, g, 1904-1991 US
Musician / Arranger of Jazz and Blues
A.k.a. Henry Smith Henry Smith (10)

Henry "Buster" Smith (August 24, 1904 – August 10, 1991), also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s. Smith played saxophone for a range of musicians including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Earl Hines, though in his career only recorded one solo album in 1959. Despite intending to release a follow-up in the 1960s, Smith was injured in an accident leading to a follow-up never eventuating.

Instruments

• Alto sax
• Guitar
• Saxophone

Genres

• Jazz
• Blues

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