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Stuff Smith (14 Sep 1909 - 25 Sep 1967)

Male Person - United States jazz violinist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (19)

Official

Album

  1. Stuff Smith 1957
  2. Black Violin 1972
  3. The 1943 Trio 1988
  4. Have Violin, Will Swing 2003
  5. Cat on a Hot Fiddle 2004

Album - Live

  1. Live in Paris, 1965 1988
  2. Live at the Montmartre 1988

Album - Compilation

  1. Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson 27 Sep 1994
  2. Mad Genius of the Violin, Vol. 1 23 Sep 1997
  3. Onyx Club Spree 1997 (as "Stuff" Smith)
  4. The Chronological Classics: Stuff Smith 1939-1944 1999
  5. The Chronological Classics: Stuff Smith 1944-1946 1999
  6. The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions 1999
  7. 1944-1946 Studio, Broadcast Concert & Apartment Performances 2002
  8. Time and Again 24 Feb 2003
  9. Hot Jazz Violin: 1930-1940 2004
  10. Stuff Smith 2006
  11. The Complete 1936-1937 Sessions 2007
  12. Five Fine Violins Celebrating 100 Years 2010

Relationships (3)

Performance Name Of

  1. Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith

Member Of

  1. Stuff Smith Quartet original
  2. Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys

Recordings by (162)

  1. Desert Sands ?:?? (1957)
  2. Soft Winds ?:?? (1957)
  3. Things Aint' What They Used To Be ?:?? (1957)
  4. It Don't Mean A Thing ?:?? (1957)
  5. Time And Again ?:?? (1957)
  6. I Know That You Know ?:?? (1957)
  7. Blues in the Dungeon 8:37 (1968)
  8. How High the Moon 5:01 (1968)
  9. This Can't Be Love 8:53 (1968)
  10. Sposin' 5:56 (1968)
  11. Willow Weep for Me 4:40 (1968)
  12. Skip It 5:49 (1968)
  13. Ain't She Sweet 3:49 (1972)
  14. April In Paris 4:04 (1972)
  15. Cherokee 5:50 (1972)
  16. One O'clock Jump 4:31 (1972)
  17. Sweet Lorraine 5:30 (1972)
  18. What Is This Thing Called Love 6:09 (1972)
  19. Yesterdays 3:13 (1972)
  20. I’se a Muggin’ ?:?? (1975) 1936-02-23
  21. Timmy Rosenkrantz Blues 6:45 (1988)
  22. Perdido 7:25 (1988)
  23. When You’re Smiling 6:44 (1988)
  24. Take the "A" Train 5:20 (1988)
  25. Bugle Call Blues 4:13 (1988)
  26. One O’Clock 3:57 (1988)
  27. Blues (Jam session) 7:36 (1988)
  28. Girl from Ipanema 4:29 (1988)
  29. Tenderly 7:08 (1988)
  30. Bugle Blues 4:39 (1988)
  31. I Can't Get Started 4:56 (1988)
  32. Mack the Knife 6:14 (1988)
  33. Blues for Timme 6:49 (1988)
  34. Old Stinkin' Blues 4:40 (1988)
  35. It's Wonderful 5:07 (1990)
  36. Twilight in Turkey 2:24 (1992)
  37. Upstairs 2:51 (13 Sep 1994)
  38. Onyx Club Spree 2:42 (13 Sep 1994)
  39. Comin' Thru the Rye 2:42 (27 Sep 1994)
  40. Ja-Da 4:04 (27 Sep 1994)
  41. (Back Home Again in) Indiana 3:26 (27 Sep 1994)
  42. Calypso 5:31 (27 Sep 1994)
  43. Blow, Blow, Blow 5:28 (27 Sep 1994)
  44. I Wrote My Song 3:18 (27 Sep 1994)
  45. Oh, but It Is 4:17 (27 Sep 1994)
  46. Stop, Look 3:24 (27 Sep 1994)
  47. Would You Object? 2:31 (27 Sep 1994)
  48. Crazy Rhythm 2:28 (27 Sep 1994)
  49. Things Ain't What They Used to Be 6:20 (27 Sep 1994)
  50. Time and Again (a.k.a. Don't You Think?) 7:04 (27 Sep 1994)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. You'se a Viper 3:09 Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys (1936) violin
  2. After You’ve Gone 3:12 Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys (1936) violin
  3. Sometimes I’m Happy 4:10 The Nat King Cole Trio (1956) violin
  4. I Know That You Know 2:28 The Nat King Cole Trio (1956) violin
  5. When I Grow Too Old to Dream 3:34 The Nat King Cole Trio (1956) violin
  6. Oh, Lady Be Good! 4:10 Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith (1957) violin
  7. Rio Pakistan 11:31 Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith (1957) violin
  8. Satin Doll 3:29 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  9. Prelude to a Kiss 5:29 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  10. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore 5:02 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  11. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 4:11 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  12. Nobody Knows 2:40 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (1957) violin
  13. Russian Lullaby 7:58 Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith (1957) violin
  14. Sophisticated Lady 5:21 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  15. Purple Sounds 10:09 Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith (1957) violin
  16. It's Only a Paper Moon 8:30 Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith (1957) violin
  17. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 4:15 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  18. Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’ 3:34 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  19. Rocks in My Bed 3:59 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  20. Cotton Tail 3:26 Ella Fitzgerald (1957) violin
  21. Old Stinkin’ Blues 4:25 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  22. Blues for Timme 5:07 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  23. Only Time Will Tell 3:50 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  24. Bugle Blues 3:08 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  25. Take the “A”-Train 5:05 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  26. C Jam Blues 5:10 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  27. Mack the Knife 4:50 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  28. My Blue Heaven 3:44 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  29. One O’Clock Jump 5:45 Stuff Smith Quartet (1965) violin
  30. It Don’t Mean a Thing 6:38 Stuff Smith, Stéphane Grappelli, Svend Asmussen, Jean‐Luc Ponty (1967) violin
  31. Only Time Will Tell 5:03 Stuff Smith, Stéphane Grappelli, Svend Asmussen, Jean‐Luc Ponty (1967) violin
  32. Timme’s Blues 5:18 Stuff Smith, Stéphane Grappelli, Svend Asmussen, Jean‐Luc Ponty (1967) violin
  33. Skip It 5:49 Stuff Smith (1968) violin
  34. How High the Moon 5:01 Stuff Smith (1968) violin
  35. Willow Weep for Me 4:40 Stuff Smith (1968) violin
  36. Blues in the Dungeon 8:37 Stuff Smith (1968) violin
  37. This Can't Be Love 8:53 Stuff Smith (1968) violin
  38. Sposin' 5:56 Stuff Smith (1968) violin
  39. Ain't She Sweet 3:49 Stuff Smith (1972) violin
  40. What Is This Thing Called Love 6:09 Stuff Smith (1972) violin
  41. Sweet Lorraine 5:30 Stuff Smith (1972) violin
  42. Cherokee 5:50 Stuff Smith (1972) violin
  43. One O'clock Jump 4:31 Stuff Smith (1972) violin
  44. Yesterdays 3:13 Stuff Smith (1972) violin
  45. April In Paris 4:04 Stuff Smith (1972) violin
  46. Here Comes the Man With the Jive 3:03 Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys (1976) violin
  47. Moonlight in Vermont 4:32 Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith (1984) violin
  48. How High the Moon 5:16 Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith (1984) violin

Vocals

  1. After You’ve Gone 3:12 Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys (1936)
  2. Here Comes the Man With the Jive 3:03 Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys (1976)

Credited as (24)

  1. Stuff Smith
  2. Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith
  3. Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith
  4. Lucky Thompson, Stuff Smith & Erroll Garner
  5. Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith
  6. Sonny Blount and Stuff Smith
  7. Dizzy Gillespie, The Gordons & Stuff Smith
  8. Shirley Horn, Stuff Smith, Lewis Parker & Harry Saunders
  9. Sun Ra with Stuff Smith
  10. Sun Ra & His Arkestra / Stuff Smith
  11. Pisk feat. Stuff Smith
  12. Jean‐Luc Ponty, Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith
  13. Jean‐Luc Ponty, Stéphane Grappelli, Stuff Smith
  14. Joe Bushkin Quartet Featuring Stuff Smith With Jo Jones And Whitey Mitchell
  15. Stuff Smith with members of Hep Hollow Boys drawn from Paul Baron Orchestra
  16. Stuff Smith & Robert Crum
  17. Stuff Smith Acc. Paul Baron Orchestra
  18. "Stuff" Smith
  19. Stuff Smith, Henri Chaix Trio
  20. Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Cab Calloway, Stuff Smith, Louis Armstrong
  21. Ella Fitzgerald with Ben Webster and Stuff Smith
  22. Stuff Smith, Stephane Grappelly, Svend Asmussen & Jean‐Luc Ponty
  23. Stuff Smith, Stéphane Grappelli, Svend Asmussen, Jean‐Luc Ponty
  24. Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith

Works (18)

Wrote

  1. Onyx Club Spree
  2. Midway

Composed

  1. It’s Wonderful (1937)
  2. Chapeau Blues
  3. Don’t You Think
  4. Old Stinkin'Blues
  5. Blues for Timme
  6. Bugle Blues
  7. If You’re a Viper
  8. Purple Sounds
  9. Skip It
  10. Timme’s Blues
  11. Only Time Will Tell
  12. No Points Today
  13. Desert Sands
  14. Hillcrest (Opus 3)
  15. I’se a Muggin’

Lyrics

  1. If You’re a Viper

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84157889
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84157889
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6nq6sd4
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13899880p
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104695
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119128497

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/311734

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000919618

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/5119063

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397171

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stuff_Smith.jpg