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Stuff Smith
vn, voc, 1909-1967 US
Singer / Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith
Stuff Smith (born August 14, 1909, Portsmouth, Ohio, USA - died September 25, 1967, Munich, Germany) was an American jazz violinist. He began his career playing in Alphonso Trent's orchestra in Dallas, Texas in 1926. In 1928, he moved to New York City and played with Jelly Roll Morton. He formed his own band in 1930 with Cozy Cole and Jonah Jones in Buffalo, New York. In 1935 through to 1940, he and his sextet took up residency at the Onyx Club, a small club on 52nd Street, New York City and gained big success. After the Second World War, he opened a restaurant in Chicago. In 1957, he recorded with Dizzy Gillespie and embarked on a tour of Europe; part of the tour was cancelled due to ill health. In 1963, he played with Herb Ellis. He returned to Europe in 1965 and recorded several albums. He remained in Europe until he died and is buried in Klakring Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mama Talking | Parov Stelar Feat. Stuff Smith | 2017 | Single |
| Five Fine Violins - Celebrating 100 Years | Stuff Smith | 2010 | Album |
| Stuff Smith And His Lucidin Orchestra Featuring Ella Fitzgerald | Stuff Smith, Ella Fitzgerald | 2010 | Compil. |
| Things Ain't What They Used To Be / Time And Again | Stuff Smith And The Oscar Peterson Quartet | 2003 | Single |
| Time And Again | Stuff Smith | 2003 | Compil. |
| The Complete 1944 Rosenkrantz Apartment Transcription Duets - The Jazz Violinist & The Classical Pianist | Stuff Smith & Robert Crum | 2002 | Album |
| 1944-1946 Studio, Broadcast Concert & Apartment Performances | Stuff Smith | 2002 | Album |
| Stuff And Steff | Stuff Smith & Stéphane Grappelli | 2002 | Album |
| Late Woman Blues | Stuff Smith, Henri Chaix Trio | 2001 | Album |
| The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions | Stuff Smith | 1999 | Compil. |
| 1944-1946 | Stuff Smith | 1999 | Compil. |
| 1939-1944 | Stuff Smith | 1999 | Compil. |
| Onyx Club Spree | Stuff Smith | 1997 | Compil. |
| Together ! / Miracle In Strings | Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith / The Harry Lookofsky Strings | 1994 | Compil. |
| Stuff Smith + Dizzy Gillespie + Oscar Peterson | Stuff Smith + Dizzy Gillespie + Oscar Peterson | 1994 | Compil. |
| Hot Violins | Stuff Smith With Svend Asmussen & Poul Olsen | 1991 | Album |
| Live In Paris, 1965 | Stuff Smith | 1988 | Compil. |
| Live At The Montmartre | Stuff Smith | 1988 | Album |
| The 1943 Trio | Stuff Smith | 1988 | Compil. |
| Violins No End | Stéphane Grappelli, Stuff Smith | 1984 | Album |
| Hot Swing Fiddle Classics | Stuff Smith, Emilio Caceres, Svend Asmussen | 1979 | Compil. |
| Jazz Violin Summit | Jean-Luc Ponty, Stéphane Grappelli, Stuff Smith | 1976 | Compil. |
| Sessions, Live | Carmen McRae, Jeri Southern, Stuff Smith And Chamber Jazz Sextette | 1976 | Album |
| The 1930's - Volume 1 | Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Cab Calloway, Stuff Smith, Louis Armstrong | 1974 | Compil. |
| Violin-Summit | Stuff Smith / Stéphane Grappelli / Svend Asmussen / Jean-Luc Ponty | 1967 | Album |
| Black Violin | Stuff Smith | 1967 | Album |
| Americans In Europe | Benny Bailey, Slide Hampton, Johnny Griffin, Tony Scott, Art Farmer, Stuff Smith, Sal Nistico With Jazz Live Trio | 1964 | Album |
| Together! | Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith | 1963 | Album |
| Cat On A Hot Fiddle | Stuff Smith | 1960 | Album |
| Sweet Swingin' Stuff | Stuff Smith | 1959 | Album |
| Have Violin, Will Swing | Stuff Smith | 1958 | Album |
| Town Hall Jazz Concert Vol. 3 | Bill Coleman, Stuff Smith, Gene Krupa/Charlie Ventura Trio, Red Norvo | 1958 | Album |
| Dizzy Gillespie And Stuff Smith | Dizzy Gillespie And Stuff Smith | 1957 | Album |
| Stuff Smith | Stuff Smith | 1957 | Album |
| I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 17 | Big Joe Turner, Buck Clayton, Stuff Smith, Memphis Slim | Compil. | |
| Newport Jazz Festival 3 July 1958/ Paris Jazz Festival 3 November 1965 | Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Tyree Glenn, Hilton Jefferson, Ben Webster, Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Greer, Roy Eldridge, Stuff Smith, Don Byas, Earl Hines, Jimmy Woode, Kenny Clarke | Album | |
| I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 90 | Billie Poole, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Stuff Smith, Guy Lafitte, Eddie Bernard, Gérard Badini | Compil. |
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