Stuff Smith

American musician (1909-1967)

Born: 14 August 1909
Portsmouth
Died: 25 September 1967
Munich
Country: United States
Record labels: Vocalion Records
Discography: 11 albums

Biography

Stuff Smith was a jazz musician who played jazz violin. Stuff Smith was born on 14 August 1909 in Portsmouth and died on 25 September 1967 in Munich. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Vocalion Records. The discography here lists 11 albums, from “Stuff Smith” (1957) to “Cat on a Hot Fiddle” (2004).

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song "If You're a Viper" (the original title was "You'se a Viper"). Smith was, along with Stéphane Grappelli, Michel Warlop, Svend Asmussen, Frans Poptie, Ray Nance, Eddie South, and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Stuff Smith 1957

Violin Summit 1967 · Live

Black Violin 1972

Deep Purple 1973

Live at the Montmartre 1988 · Live

Live in Paris, 1965 1988 · Live

The 1943 Trio 1988

Hot Violins 1991

Late Woman Blues 2001

Have Violin, Will Swing 2003

Cat on a Hot Fiddle 2004

Also plays on

Albums where Stuff Smith is credited as a sideman

1956	The Champ — Dizzy Gillespie	violin
1957	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald	violin
1957	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Volume 2 — Ella Fitzgerald	violin
1957	Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith — Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith	violin
1957	School Days — Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson & Joe Carroll	violin

Historic 78 rpm records

REHEARSAL K. NORVILLE · STUFF SMITH · CLYDE LOMBARDI · REMO PALMIERI · NORVO ·… archive.org ↗
RED'S STUFF K. NORVILLE · STUFF SMITH · CLYDE LOMBARDI · REMO PALIMERI · NORVO ·… archive.org ↗
My Blue Heaven (Mi Cielo Azul) Stuff Smith and his Orchestra · 'Stuff' Smith & Group · Whiting ·… · 1938 archive.org ↗
Sam the Vegetable Man (El Verdulero) Stuff Smith & his Orchestra · Stuff Smith · Bloch · Breuder · Rusincky · 1938 archive.org ↗
My Blue Heaven (Mi Cielito Azul) Stuff Smith and his Orchestra · "Stuff" Smith · Whiting · Donaldson · 1938 archive.org ↗
When Paw Was Courtin' Maw (Cuando Papa enamoraba con Mama) Stuff Smith & his Orchestra · Smith, Clark & Jones · Manus · Joy · 1938 archive.org ↗
My Thoughts (Pensando en Ti) Stuff Smith and his Orchestra · Mezzrow · Smith · 1938 archive.org ↗
My Thoughts (Pensando en Ti) Stuff Smith and his Orchestra · Mozzrow · Smith · 1938 archive.org ↗