Smokey Stover (Trumpeter)
Robert "Smokey" Stover (* 1930 or 1931; † December 20, 1975 in Medford (Oregon) ) was an American jazz trumpeter (also vocals ) and band leader of Dixieland .
Stower directed his own ensembles in Chicago from the late 1950s; for Argo he played his debut album Where There's Fire - There's Smokey Stover in 1959 ; Members of his Original Firemen were Floyd O'Brien (trombone), Jimmy Granato (clarinet), Gene Raebourne (piano), John Gilliland (tuba), Don Chester (drums), plus singer Betty Brandon. In the 1960s he also played in Turk Murphy's Jazz Band; In 1969 he appeared with Art Hodes , JC Higginbotham , Tony Parenti and Eddie Condon on the television series Jazz Alley . In 1973 he made guest appearances with his companies at the jazz festival in Manassas , with Slide Harris , Tommy Gwaltney , Jack Maheu , Claude Hopkins , Frank Tate and Billy Goodall playing in his band . At the end of the same year he recorded an album for Jazzology Records ( Smokey Stover and His Original Firemen ) while touring Atlanta ; Stover can be heard as the vocalist in Louis Armstrong's number “Someday You'll Be Sorry”, Carey Morgan's “Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me” and “Everywhere You Go”. In the field of jazz he was involved in twelve recording sessions from 1959 to 1975.
Web links
- Smokey Stover at Discogs (English)
- Smokey Stover at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stover, Smokey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stover, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1930 or 1931 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th December 1975 |
| Place of death | Medford, Oregon |