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Smithville (album)
''Smithville'' is the second album by American trumpeter Louis Smith (musician), Louis Smith recorded in 1958. It was Smith's final album released by Blue Note Records, Blue Note label.Blue Note discography accessed October 20, 2010 Reception The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Stylistically, there are no surprises here -- this is mainstream bop and hard bop, original and contemporary bop numbers, as well as standards... It's a first-rate hard bop set that deserves wider distribution than it has received".Erlewine, S. T. [ Allmusic Review] accessed October 20, 2010Track listing All compositions by Louis Smith except where noted. # "Smithville" – 11:04 # "Wetu" – 9: ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Smith (musician)
Edward Louis Smith (May 20, 1931 – August 20, 2016) was an American jazz trumpeter from Memphis, Tennessee. After graduating from Tennessee State University he attended graduate school at the University of Michigan. While studying at the University of Michigan, he played with visiting musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thad Jones and Billy Mitchell, before going on to play with Sonny Stitt, Count Basie and Al McKibbon, Cannonball Adderley, Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham and Zoot Sims. Smith decided to forgo being a full-time musician to take a music teaching job at Atlanta's Booker T. Washington High School. During this time he continued playing jazz in clubs, eventually going on to record two albums for Blue Note Records. Smith's first session as a leader, '' Here Comes Louis Smith'' (1957), originally recorded for the Boston-based Transition Records, featured Cannonball Adderley (then under contract to Mercury) pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |