STUFF SMITH

Swing • United States
Jazz music community with review and forums
STUFF SMITH picture
Stuff Smith was one of the big three of pre-bop violinists along with Joe Venuti and Stephane Grappelli. Many of his fans said that he could outswing all of his competitors, and certainly Stuff was a major force on the bandstand. Smith, who cited Louis Armstrong as his main influence, studied music with his father and played with the family band as a child. His first major job and recordings were with Alphonse Trent's territory band in the 1920s, but it was not until 1936 that he had his breakthrough. Leading a quintet at the Onyx Club with trumpeter Jonah Jones, Smith's comedy vocals and hard-swinging approach made the group a hit on 52nd Street for several years; his novelty "I'se a Muggin'" became a hit. Smith worked regularly with his trios in the 1940s, but was in danger of being forgotten in the '50s when Norman Granz recorded him read more...
Thanks to js for the addition and snobb for the updates

STUFF SMITH Online Videos

No STUFF SMITH online videos available. Search and add one now.

Buy STUFF SMITH music

More places to buy jazz & STUFF SMITH music

STUFF SMITH Discography

STUFF SMITH albums / top albums

STUFF SMITH The Stuff Smith Trio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Stuff Smith Trio
Swing 1944
STUFF SMITH Stuff Smith album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stuff Smith
Swing 1957
STUFF SMITH Have Violin, Will Swing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Have Violin, Will Swing
Swing 1958
STUFF SMITH Sweet Swingin' Stuff album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sweet Swingin' Stuff
Swing 1959
STUFF SMITH Cat on a Hot Fiddle album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cat on a Hot Fiddle
Swing 1960
STUFF SMITH Stuff Smith (Guest Artist Stephane Grapelli)(aka Stuff and Steff) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stuff Smith (Guest Artist Stephane Grapelli)(aka Stuff and Steff)
Swing 1965
STUFF SMITH The Stuff Smith Memorial Album album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Stuff Smith Memorial Album
Swing 1967
STUFF SMITH Black Violin (aka One O'Clock Jump) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Black Violin (aka One O'Clock Jump)
Swing 1967

STUFF SMITH EPs & splits

STUFF SMITH live albums

STUFF SMITH Swingin Stuff album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swingin Stuff
Swing 1965
STUFF SMITH Violin-Summit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Violin-Summit
Swing 1966
STUFF SMITH Live in Paris, 1965 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live in Paris, 1965
Swing 1988
STUFF SMITH Late Woman Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Late Woman Blues
Swing 2002
STUFF SMITH Five Fine Violins Celebrating 100 Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Five Fine Violins Celebrating 100 Years
Swing 2010

STUFF SMITH demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

STUFF SMITH re-issues & compilations

STUFF SMITH Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson
Swing 1994
STUFF SMITH Stuff Smith - The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stuff Smith - The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions
Swing 1999
STUFF SMITH The Chronological Classics: Stuff Smith 1939-1944 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Stuff Smith 1939-1944
Swing 2002
STUFF SMITH Time and Again album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Time and Again
Swing 2003
STUFF SMITH The Chronological Classics: Stuff Smith 1944-1946 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Stuff Smith 1944-1946
Swing 2006

STUFF SMITH singles (0)

STUFF SMITH movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)

STUFF SMITH Reviews

No STUFF SMITH music reviews posted yet.

STUFF SMITH Movies Reviews

No STUFF SMITH movie reviews posted yet.

STUFF SMITH Shouts

Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
A Love Supreme Post Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
Kind of Blue Cool Jazz
MILES DAVIS
Buy this album from our partners
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Progressive Big Band
CHARLES MINGUS
Buy this album from our partners
Blue Train Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
My Favorite Things Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners

New Jazz Artists

New Jazz Releases

Cabaret Eclectic Fusion
MARIUS NESET
Buy this album from MMA partners
Living Ghosts Post-Fusion Contemporary
MICHAEL WOLLNY
Buy this album from MMA partners
Live at Donte's, Vol. 1 Vocal Jazz
MIKE CAMPBELL
Buy this album from MMA partners
Sunday Afternoon Fusion
FURIO DI CASTRI
Buy this album from MMA partners
São Paulo Creative 4 : Supernova Avant-Garde Jazz
IVO PERELMAN
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Jazz Online Videos

Sunday afternoon
FURIO DI CASTRI
snobb· 3 hours ago
Harmônicos
FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO
js· 18 hours ago
Con Alma
GENE BERTONCINI
js· 21 hours ago
Our Walk (Live)
BEN MARKLEY
js· 22 hours ago
More videos

New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Jazz News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us