Bobby Smith (musician)

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Robert Lewis "Bobby" Smith (born January 3, 1907 , † June 6, 1995 ) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues musician ( alto saxophone , arrangement, composition).

Live and act

Smith, who came from Rhode Island , played from the early 1940s with Erskine Hawkins , with whose orchestra the first recordings for Jubilee Records were made. For Hawkins he wrote "Tippin 'It"; the track became Hawkins' biggest hit and was also covered by Ralph Flanagan , Billy Vaughn , Johnny Hodges and Lou Donaldson . With his own band he accompanied Valaida Snow on recordings for Apollo , in this decade he also played with Willie Bryant . From 1949 he recorded under his own name Jump Blues - and R&B numbers such as "Dash Hound Boogie" and "Buffalo Nickel" for United and Apollo; in his bands played u. a. Duke Anderson , Julian Dash , Ace Harris , Bobby Johnson, Jimmy Harris, Haywood Henry , Sammy Lowe and Leroy Kirkland . In the 1950s he worked a. a. with the singers Jimmy Mitchell and Sonny Knight, the vocal band The Larks ("Bad Pecker", Apollo 431) and with Lucky Millinder . In 1978 he recorded with Big Joe Turner and in 1980 in Paris with Jimmy Witherspoon . The last recordings were made in 1983 with Panama Francis , with whom he performed at the Bern Jazz Festival. After Tom Lord , he participated in 63 recording sessions between 1943 and 1983. In his playing on the alto saxophone he was influenced by Johnny Hodges.

Discographic notes

  • Jazz at the Apollo (Official, ed. 1989)
  • Tippin 'It (Acrobat, ed. 2006)
  • That's For Sure ( Delmark Records , ed. 1996)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://secondhandsongs.com/artist/83632
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B / Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 248.
  3. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Smith-Orch-Tippin-In-After-Hours/release/6469461
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 26, 2014)
  5. ↑ Scott Yanow : Liner Notes from the album That's For Sure
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Robert Lewis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and R&B musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1907
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1995