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Stuff Smith | |
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 Stuff Smith by William P. Gottlieb | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith |
| Born | August 14, 1909 Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 25, 1967 (aged 58) Munich, Germany |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer |
| Instrument | Violin |
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist.[1] 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, Ray Nance and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 407. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.