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Tab Smith (11 Jan 1909 - 17 Aug 1971)

Male Person - United States

Releases (3)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Jump Time 1991
  2. Ace High 1992
  3. Top 'n' Bottom 1997

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Tab Smith & His Orchestra original
  2. Mills Blue Rhythm Band

Recordings by (70)

  1. Echo Blues 3:08 (1952)
  2. Moon Dream 3:05 (1952)
  3. Slow Motion 2:53 (1991)
  4. Dee Jay Special 2:57 (1991)
  5. Sin 3:14 (1991)
  6. Under a Blanket of Blue 3:22 (1991)
  7. How Can You Say We're Thru 2:55 (1991)
  8. Wig Song 2:50 (1991)
  9. Hands Across the Table 2:30 (1991)
  10. One Man Dip 2:54 (1991)
  11. Down Beat 2:58 (1991)
  12. Brown Baby 3:06 (1991)
  13. Knotty-Headed Woman 2:30 (1991)
  14. Boogie Joogie 2:51 (1991)
  15. Can't We Take a Chance 2:45 (1991)
  16. All My Life 3:10 (1991)
  17. Jump Time 2:33 (1991)
  18. This Love of Mine 3:25 (1991)
  19. Ain't Got Nobody 2:53 (1991)
  20. Love Is A Wonderful Thing 2:59 (1991)
  21. Nursery Rhyme Jump 2:27 (1991)
  22. Ace High 2:31 (1992)
  23. A Cottage for Sale 3:28 (1992)
  24. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:42 (1992)
  25. 'Tis Autumn 2:55 (1992)
  26. Teddy's Brannin' 2:49 (1992)
  27. Strange 2:59 (1992)
  28. These Foolish Things 2:46 (1992)
  29. Auf Wiederseh'n 2:46 (1992)
  30. Cuban Boogie 2:25 (1992)
  31. My Mother's Eyes 3:13 (1992)
  32. I've Had the Blues All Day 2:45 (1992)
  33. You Belong to Me 2:56 (1992)
  34. Red, Hot and Blue 2:36 (1992)
  35. A Bit of Blues 2:57 (1992)
  36. Pennies from Heaven 2:54 (1992)
  37. Seven Up 2:56 (1992)
  38. I Live True to You 3:10 (1992)
  39. Cherry 2:53 (1992)
  40. My Baby 2:52 (1992)
  41. Closin' Time 3:11 (1992)
  42. Sunny Side of the Street 2:44 (11 Nov 1997)
  43. Top 'n' Bottom 2:50 (1997)
  44. My Ideal 3:18 (1997)
  45. Mr. Gee 2:49 (1997)
  46. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 2:59 (1997)
  47. Prisoner of Love 3:17 (1997)
  48. Rock City 3:06 (1997)
  49. In A Little Spanish Town 2:44 (1997)
  50. For Only You (instrumental) 2:51 (1997)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Some Other Spring 3:02 Billie Holiday (Aug 1939) saxophone
  2. Daybreak Blues 2:41 Frankie Newton Quintet (1939) alto saxophone
  3. Strange Fruit 3:12 Billie Holiday (1939) saxophone, alto saxophone
  4. Tab’s Blues 2:55 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1939) saxophone, alto saxophone
  5. Fine and Mellow 3:17 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1939) alto saxophone
  6. Jam Fever 3:09 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1939) saxophone, alto saxophone
  7. Jitters 3:02 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1939) saxophone, alto saxophone
  8. Frankie’s Jump 2:49 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1939) saxophone, alto saxophone
  9. Mighty Blues 4:35 Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1939) alto saxophone
  10. Port of Harlem Blues 4:33 Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1939) alto saxophone
  11. Parallel Fifths 3:16 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1940) saxophone, alto saxophone
  12. Vamp 2:53 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1940) saxophone, alto saxophone
  13. Long Gone Blues 3:03 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1972) alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  14. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 2:53 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1972) saxophone, alto saxophone
  15. Super Chief 3:24 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1985) alto saxophone
  16. Stardust (2) 4:33 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  17. Mountain Air 5:03 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  18. Curry in a Hurry (3) 4:42 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  19. Rosetta 4:11 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  20. Curry in a Hurry (2) 4:43 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  21. Stardust 4:43 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  22. Three Little Words 4:46 Coleman Hawkins and His Sax Ensemble (1987) alto saxophone
  23. Curry in a Hurry 4:22 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  24. Rosetta (3) 4:45 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  25. Rosetta 2 5:04 Charlie Shavers Quintet (1987) alto saxophone
  26. You're Too Lovely to Last 2:50 Billie Holiday (1990) saxophone
  27. Everything Happens for the Best 2:50 Billie Holiday (1990) saxophone
  28. Why Did I Always Depend on You? 2:33 Billie Holiday (1990) saxophone
  29. Our Love Is Different 3:12 Billie Holiday (1990) saxophone
  30. I Can't Face the Music 3:01 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (1990) alto saxophone
  31. Don't Be That Way 3:06 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (1990) alto saxophone
  32. Blow Top 2:55 Lester Young with Count Basie (1991) saxophone
  33. Five O'Clock Whistle 3:04 Lester Young with Count Basie (1991) saxophone
  34. Stampede in G Minor 2:46 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1991) saxophone
  35. Wiggle Woogie 2:40 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1991) saxophone
  36. How Can You Say We're Thru 2:55 Tab Smith (1991) saxophone
  37. Down Beat 2:58 Tab Smith (1991) saxophone
  38. Love Is A Wonderful Thing 2:59 Tab Smith (1991) saxophone
  39. Everything Happens for the Best 2:50 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1991) saxophone
  40. Hands Across the Table 2:30 Tab Smith (1991) saxophone
  41. One Man Dip 2:54 Tab Smith (1991) saxophone
  42. Can't We Take a Chance 2:45 Tab Smith (1991) saxophone
  43. Our Love Is Different 3:17 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1991) saxophone
  44. Nursery Rhyme Jump 2:27 Tab Smith (1991) saxophone
  45. Beau Brummel 3:11 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1991) saxophone
  46. Slow Motion 2:53 Tab Smith (1991) saxophone
  47. You Can't Run Around 3:20 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1991) saxophone
  48. It's the Same Old South 3:07 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1991) saxophone
  49. Because of You 3:13 Tab Smith & His Orchestra (1991) saxophone
  50. It's Square but It Rocks 2:29 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1991) saxophone

Credited as (5)

  1. Tab Smith
  2. Tab Smith & Buddy Tate
  3. Johnny Hodges & Tab Smith
  4. Tab Smith His Fabulous Alto Sax and His Orchestra
  5. Dinah Washington & Tab Smith

Works (4)

Wrote

  1. Gimmie a Little Kiss
  2. The Jitters
  3. Postman Blues

Composed

  1. Harvard Blues

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106042
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138998811
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134748123
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88666085
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88666085
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ks97md

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/312961

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000013954

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8939733/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/27253216

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366599