LOUIS SMITH

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American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and teacher. Born May 20, 1931, in Memphis, Tennessee, Died August 20, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Cousin of trumpeter Booker Little.

He started playing trumpet at the age of thirteen and later played in his high school band. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree at Tennesse State Univeristy. His first appearance in New York was with the Tennessee State Collegians at a a Carnegie Hall concert. He continued his studies, doing postgraduate work at the University of Michigan under the tutelage of Professor Clifford P. Lillya. After being drafted in 1954 and completing his tour of service duty, he found his next job in 1955, at the Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia, and since that time he remained teaching music at that school while also progressing in his career. While performing in Atlanta he was approached by record producer Tom Wilson, who urged him
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LOUIS SMITH Here Comes Louis Smith album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Here Comes Louis Smith
Bop 1958
LOUIS SMITH Smithville album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Smithville
Bop 1958
LOUIS SMITH Just Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Friends
Bop 1978
LOUIS SMITH Prancin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Prancin'
Bop 1979
LOUIS SMITH Ballads for Lulu album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ballads for Lulu
Hard Bop 1990
LOUIS SMITH Strike up the Band album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Strike up the Band
Hard Bop 1991
LOUIS SMITH Silvering album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Silvering
Hard Bop 1994
LOUIS SMITH The Very Thought of You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Very Thought of You
Hard Bop 1995
LOUIS SMITH I Waited for You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Waited for You
Hard Bop 1996
LOUIS SMITH There Goes My Heart album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
There Goes My Heart
Hard Bop 1997
LOUIS SMITH Soon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soon
Hard Bop 1998
LOUIS SMITH Once in a While album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Once in a While
Hard Bop 1999
LOUIS SMITH The Bopsmith album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Bopsmith
Hard Bop 2000
LOUIS SMITH Jam Session Volume 7 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jam Session Volume 7
Hard Bop 2003
LOUIS SMITH Louisville album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Louisville
Hard Bop 2004

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