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Musiker: Smith, Willie
Nationalität: US
Geburtsjahr: 1910
Todesjahr: 1967
Instrumente: as bar cl voc
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Mainstream Jazz

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 Album-Bezeichnung: Interpret  —  Titel
LabelLabel-NummerAufnahme-Jahr 
 Al Casey and his Sextet  —  Sometimes I'm Happy / How High the MoonCapitolCap 100341945SH
 All Stars  —  Session at MidnightPAUSAPR 90491955LP
 Amos Milburn  —  Let's Rock A WhileRoute 66KIX-281946-54LP
 Amos Milburn  —  Rent PartyAladdinAM-4191946-56LP
 Amos Milburn and Band  —  VICIOUS VICIOUS VODKAAladdin15614011947-57LP
 André Previn  —  Previn at SunsetBlack Lion Records28 419-01945-46LP
 Andre Previn  —  Previn At SunsetBlack Lion RecordsBDCD7601891945+46CD
 André Previn - Willie Smith  —  Monarch ALL STAR JAZZ Volume 2Monarch RecordsLP 2021945LP
 Barney Bigard  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 9301944-1945CD
 Bennie Moton's Kansas City Orchestra - Jimmie Lunceford and his Chickasaw Syncopators  —  BENNIE MOTEN 1926 - JIMMIE LUNCEFORD 1930JASS6081926+30LP
 Benny Carter  —  SESSION AT MIDNIGHTCapitol Records052-810061958LP
 Benny Carter / Willie Smith / Johnny Hodges / Tab Smith  —  Abc Du Jazz Vol. L "Middle Jazz" Alto SaxPop RecordsSPO 17062unbekanntEP
 Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Pete Brown  —  ALTO ARTISTRY 1944Trip JazzTLP-55431944-46LP
 Billie Holiday  —  A Memorial Album Of Billie Holiday's Greatest Performances... the unforgettable Lady DayVerve RecordsEPV 51481949+52+54EP
 Billie Holiday  —  Jazz Masters 47Verve314 527 650-21946-57CD
 Billie Holiday  —  Jazz-History, Vol. 16Vogue26320241952-59LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady Sings The BluesMetro Records2356 0791954LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady Sings The BluesMetro Records2356 0791954LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady Sings The BluesMetro RecordsMetro - Verve 2356 0791954LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady sings the BluesVerve06024 98419641952-59CD
 Billie Holiday  —  Stormy BluesVerve2632 0661954-55LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Stormy BluesVerveVE-2-25151954-55LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Voice Of Jazz Volume OneVerve2304 1041946/1952LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Verve Jazz No.8, Lady Sings The BluesMetro Records2356 0791954+56LP
 Billy Eckstine  —  Seabreeze / Sophisticated LadyM-G-MMGM-SP-10951953-54EP
 Billy May  —  BIG BAND BASH !Capitol Records5D 050D-854431951-53LP
XBilly May and his Orchestra  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD IN HI-FICapitol RecordsTAO-9241957LP
 Billy May And His Orchestra  —  Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-FiCapitol RecordsTAO9241957LP
 Billy May and his Orchestra  —  Swing Goes on ! Jimmie Lunceford Vol.7Capitol Records1C 054-52 716 (Stereo)1957LP
 Billy May Orchestra  —  Billy May TodayCapitol Records742251966LP
 Buddy Rich Orchestra / Quintet / Quartet / Ensemble  —  THE MONSTERVerve2-V6S-88241954-57LP
 Charles 'Baron' Mingus  —  Charles 'Baron' MingusUptown RecordsUPCD 27.481945-49CD
 Charles Mingus  —  THE YOUNG REBELContact RecordsST 10101946-52LP
 Charlie Barnet  —  Charlie Barnet Big Band - 1967VocalionSEA-L 6041967LP
 Charlie Barnet  —  CHARLIE BARNET in DISCO ORDER Volume 24AJAZ RecordsAJAZ-2731952-54LP
 Charlie Barnet  —  Live AT BASIN STREET EASTHep RecordsHEP 20051966LP
 Charlie Barnet  —  ONE NIGHT STAND with CHARLIE BARNET at THE PALLADIUMJoyce MusicLP-10521956+58LP
 Charlie Barnet  —  ONE NIGHT STAND with CHARLIE BARNET at THE PALLADIUMJoyce MusicLP-1052*1956+58LP
 Charlie Barnet  —  PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO HARRY JAMESCrown RecordsCLP 51141959LP
 Charlie Barnet (side 1) - Les Brown (side 2) and their Orchestras  —  SESSIONS, LIVECalliope RecordsCAL 30311956+58LP
 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra  —  Big Band - 1967VaultSLP-90041966LP
 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra  —  DANCING PARTYVerveMGV 20271946-54LP
 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra  —  Fair and WarmerGolden EraLP-150371956LP
 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra  —  LONELY STREETVerveMGV-20401956LP
 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra  —  Redskin RompRCANL-459771954LP
 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra  —  Redskin RompRCA VictorLPM-10911954LP
 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra  —  Redskin RompRCA VictorNL-45977*1954LP
 Charlie Barnet Big Band  —  ManhattanKarussell635 0771966LP
 Charlie Parker  —  Bird Of ParadiseHistory20.1980-HI1946-47CD
 Charlie Parker  —  BIRD ON THE AIR (1944 -45)SOUNDS12061946-49LP
 Charlie Parker  —  BIRD WINGSVSPSVSP 57.0161946+49LP
 Charlie Parker  —  Jazz Masters 28Verve521 854-21946-54CD
XCharlie Parker  —  YARDBIRD IN LOTUS LANDSpotliteSPJ 1231945-46LP
 Charlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie - Lester Young  —  Immortal Concerts - Los Angeles 1946VogueLD 628 301946LP
 Charlie Parker / Lee Young / Coleman Hawkins / Buck Clayton / Buddy Rich / Irving Ashby / Kenny Kersey / Billy Hadnott  —  Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 6Clef RecordsEP JATP-Vol. 61946EP
 Charlie Spivak  —  THE UNISSUED CHARLIE SPIVAKJRC, INCJRC-12151942-46LP
 Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra  —  The Uncollected - 1943 -1946Decca // Hindsight Records6.23554 // HSR-1051942-47LP
 Charlie Ventura and Orchestra  —  CHARLIE BOYPhoenixLP-61946LP
XChick Webb and his Orchestra - Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra  —  The Kings Of Jazz Big BandsFestivalAlbum 1461939LP
 Chick Webb And His Orchestra - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra  —  The Kings Of Jazz Big BandsFestivalAlbum 146*1943LP
 Cootie Williams Orch.  —  Classic Capitol Jazz SessionsMosaic RecordsMD121 701944-52CD
 Corky Corcoran and his Orchestra  —  What is this Thing Called Love? / Minor BluesKeynote RecordingsK-621 A/B1946SH
XCount Basie  —  JAZZ MAGAZINE - JAM SESSIONMetronome0040.1961953LP
 Dizzy Gillespie  —  THE ANONYMOUS MR. GILLESPIEOfficial30321940-46LP
 Duke Ellington  —  1947-1952 Recorded Works In Chronological OrderCBSCBS 66607 Side I/J1951LP
 Duke Ellington  —  1947-1952 Recorded Works In Chronological OrderCBSCBS 66607 Side G/H1949-51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  DUKE ELLINGTONI grandi del JAZZGdJ 02 (Stereo)1936-51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRAColumbiaDZ 8431951SH
 Duke Ellington  —  DUKE ELLINGTON and the ELLINGTONIANSVogueDP. 19*1950-51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  Duke Ellington and the EllingtoniansVogueDP. 191950-51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  GREATEST HITSCBSS 63315 (Stereo)1947-60LP
 Duke Ellington  —  HE'S MR. EDWARD KENNEDYAlto RecordsAL 7101951LP
 Duke Ellington  —  HERE IS Duke Ellington AT HIS RARE OF ALL RAREST PERFORMANCES VOL. 2Kings of JazzKLJ-200341948+51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  Hooray for Duke EllingtonSession Disc107*1951LP
 Duke Ellington  —  Hooray For DUKE ELLINGTONSession Disc1071951LP
 Duke Ellington  —  JAZZ tracksBellaphonBJSS 401711950-61LP
 Duke Ellington  —  liberian suite - a tone parallel to harlem (the harlem suite)CBS626861947+51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  Love you madlyVee Jay RecordsVJS 30611952LP
 Duke Ellington  —  love you madlyVJ International RecordsVJS 30611952LP
 Duke Ellington  —  MEADOWBROOK TO MANHATTANJazz Bird RecordsJAZ-20091952LP
 Duke Ellington  —  Memorial Duke Ellington - Four Great Concerts 1952 / 1965MusidiscCCV 25111952-65LP
 Duke Ellington  —  Rarest Style 1952 - Private Sessions!Sunburst501*1952LP
 Duke Ellington  —  THE RARE BROADCAST RECORDINGS 1951 - 1952 - 1953MusidiscCCO 27201951-53LP
 Duke Ellington  —  The Studio Recordings Volume Three 1926-1952Up-To-Date RecordsU.T.D. 20041926-52LP
 Duke Ellington  —  THE UNUSUAL ELLINGTONJazz Guild10041952-55LP
 Duke Ellington  —  THE WORLD OF DUKE ELLINGTONCBS881281947-51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  THE WORLD OF DUKE ELLINGTON VOLUME 2ColumbiaPG 33341 / KG 333411947-51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  The World of Duke Ellington Volume 1ColumbiaG 325641947LP
 Duke Ellington  —  The World of Duke Ellington Volume 2CBS88128*1947-51LP
 Duke Ellington  —  THE WORLD OF DUKE ELLINGTON VOLUME 2CBS882191951-57LP
 Duke Ellington  —  The World of Duke Ellington Volume 3ColumbiaCG 33961*1951-57LP
 Duke Ellington  —  THE WORLD OF DUKE ELLINGTON VOLUME 3ColumbiaCG 339611951-57LP
 Duke Ellington  —  Volume OneStardust Records201*1952LP
 Duke Ellington  —  Volume TwoStardust Records202*1951LP
 Duke Ellington  —  WEST COAST TOURJazz Bird RecordsJAZ-20101951LP
 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  2 great concertsfestival disquesALBUM 2281952+65LP
 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 12821951CD
 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 13201952CD
 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 12581950-1951CD
 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra  —  Duke Ellington & His OrchestraColumbiaB-25531951EP
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Honeysuckle Rose Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
You were meant for me Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
A shanty in old shanty town Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
If you were only mine Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
Sympathetic little star Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
Sweet Georgia Brown Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
Please don't talk about me Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
I ain't got nobody Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
Coquette Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
Pennies from heaven Rose Murphy  —  not Cha-Cha but Chi-ChiVerveLP
Pigeon walk Jimmie Lunceford  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRADeccaSH
I Can't Get Started Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Tea For Two Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Body And Soul Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
D.B. Blues Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Lester Blows Again Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
These Foolish Things Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Jumpin' At Messner's Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
It's Only A Paper Moon Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
After You've Gone Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Lover Come Back To Me Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Jammin' With Lester Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
You're Driving Me Crazy Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
New Lester Leaps In Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
She's Funny That Way Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Sunday Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
S.M. Blues Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
No Eyes Blues Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Sax-O-Be-Bop Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
On The Sunny Side Of The Street Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Easy Does It Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Movin' With Lester Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
One O'Clock Jump Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Jumpin' At The Woodside Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
I'm Confessin' Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Lester Smooths It Out Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Just Coolin' Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
East Of The Sun Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
The Sheik Of Araby Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Something To Remember You By Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Riffin' Without Helen Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Please Let Me Forget Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
He Don't Love Me Anymore Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Pleasing Man Blues Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
See See Rider Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
It's Better To Give Than To Receive Lester Young  —  Complete Aladdin RecordingsBlue NoteCD
Four or five times Jimmie Lunceford  —  Harlem Shout VOL. 2 (1935-1936)DeccaLP
You take the east - take the west - take the north - i'll take the south Jimmie Lunceford  —  Harlem Shout VOL. 2 (1935-1936)DeccaLP
My blue heaven Jimmie Lunceford  —  Harlem Shout VOL. 2 (1935-1936)DeccaLP
How high the moon Gene Norman  —  GENE NORMAN'S JUST JAZZ n°12VogueLP
Charlie got rhythm Gene Norman  —  GENE NORMAN'S JUST JAZZ n°12VogueLP
Body and soul Gene Norman  —  GENE NORMAN'S JUST JAZZ n°12VogueLP
Star dust Lionel Hampton All Stars  —  STAR DUSTJasmine RecordsLP
Star dust Jimmie Lunceford  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRADeccaSH
Rhythm is our business Jimmie Lunceford  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRADeccaSH
Ragging the scale Jimmie Lunceford  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRABrunswickSH
For dancers only Jimmie Lunceford  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRABrunswickSH
Posin' Jimmie Lunceford  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRABrunswickSH
Okay for baby Jimmie Lunceford  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRAColumbiaSH
Flight of the jitterbug Jimmie Lunceford  —  JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRAColumbiaSH
I Found A New Baby Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Echo Of Spring Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Falling Star Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Polonaise Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Swinging With Bishop Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
I Got Rhythm Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Fats Waller Medley Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Nagasaki Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
St-Louis Blues Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Honeysuckle Rose Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Twelfth Street Rag Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Royal Garden Blues Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Sister Kate Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Old Man River Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Basin Street Blues Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Morning Air Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Tea For Two Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
Sweet Georgia Brown Willie The Lion Smith  —  Willie "The Lion" Smith (Live In Zurich, 15th December 1949)Collection Hugues PanassiéCD
JATP Blues Norman Granz  —  JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC, Volume 4Verve RecordsLP
Slow Drag Norman Granz  —  JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC, Volume 4Verve RecordsLP
I got rhythm Norman Granz  —  JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC, Volume 4Verve RecordsLP
I surrender dear Norman Granz  —  JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC, Volume 4Verve RecordsLP
Ting-a-ling Duke Ellington  —  DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRAColumbiaSH
Brown Betty Duke Ellington  —  DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRAColumbiaSH
You're my thrill Harry James and his Orchestra  —  HARRY'S CHOICE !Capitol RecordsLP
Willow weep for me Harry James and his Orchestra  —  HARRY'S CHOICE !Capitol RecordsLP
Blues for sale Harry James and his Orchestra  —  HARRY'S CHOICE !Capitol RecordsLP
I wan't a little girl Harry James and his Orchestra  —  HARRY'S CHOICE !Capitol RecordsLP
Moten swing Harry James and his Orchestra  —  HARRY'S CHOICE !Capitol RecordsLP
(Do you know what it means to miss) New Orleans Harry James and his Orchestra  —  HARRY'S CHOICE !Capitol RecordsLP
Just for fun Harry James and his Orchestra  —  HARRY'S CHOICE !Capitol RecordsLP
The new two o'clock jump Harry James and his Orchestra  —  HARRY'S CHOICE !Capitol RecordsLP
My old flame Harry James and his Orchestra  —  Harry James and his Orchestra 1943-46 Vol.2London RecordsLP
All of me Harry James and his Orchestra  —  Harry James and his Orchestra 1943-46 Vol.2London RecordsLP
I'll be around Harry James and his Orchestra  —  Harry James and his Orchestra 1943-46 Vol.2London RecordsLP
I've had this feeling before Harry James and his Orchestra  —  Harry James and his Orchestra 1943-46 Vol.2London RecordsLP
Introduction Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich at JATP  —  The Drum BattleVerveCD
Idaho Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich at JATP  —  The Drum BattleVerveCD
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Willie Smith führte 1929 bis 1942 die vielbewunderte Saxophon-Section von Jimmie Luncefords Orchester an, den perfekten Saxophonsatz der großen Swing-Bigbands der 30er und 40er Jahre. 1944 spielte er eine 78er unter eigenem Namen für Black & White ein („Bugle Call Rag“). Berühmt sind auch seine Auftritte 1945 bei den „Jazz at the Philharmonic“-Konzerten 1945/46, bei denen er unter anderem mit Gene Krupa und Hank Jones mit furiosen Soli das Publikum anheizte.

In den 1950er Jahren ersetzte er zeitweise Johnny Hodges im Duke Ellington Orchestra und spielte dann längere Zeit in der Harry James Bigband. Smith gehört mit Hodges und Benny Carter zu den „großen Drei“ der Swing-Altsaxophonisten und war für seine Balladen und seinen Blues (wie Blues in the Night mit Jimmie Lunceford) ebenso bekannt wie für seine wild swingenden Uptempo-Stücke (wie I Found a New Baby, 1945, mit André Previn, Piano). Mitte der 1940er Jahre (und später noch einmal 1955/56 bei Kings kurzer Rückkehr zum Jazz) spielte er mit Nat King Cole am Piano Titel wie Airiness à la Nat und The Way You Look Tonight (1946) ein.

Einige der für seinen Stil charakteristischsten Klangbeispiele seiner späteren Laufbahn bieten die Studioaufnahmen für Capitol 1955 (Session at Midnight) mit Sweets Edison und Benny Carter. In gefühlvollen Balladen ebenso wie in schnellen Stücken spürten Fans und Kritiker wie Joachim-Ernst Behrendt immer Smiths überschäumendes Temperament, wilde Ursprünglichkeit und seine manchmal ungeduldig wirkende musikalische Kraft, die die Grenzen von Form und Harmonik oft genug sprengte (Wikipedia).