Vinyl records

Stuff Smith vinyl records

3 albums with 45 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith. Born August 14, 1909 in Portsmouth, OH, died September 25, 1967 in Munich. 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.