Tab Smith
Talmadge "Tab" Smith (* 11. January 1909 in Kinston , North Carolina ; † 17th August 1971 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American swing - and rhythm and blues - saxophonist (alto and tenor saxophone).
Live and act
Tab Smith began as a professional musician with the Carolina Stompers in 1929 , played with Fate Marable , Dewey Jackson and Eddie Johnson in the early 1930s , then was a member of Lucky Millinder and the Blue Rhythm Band for several years and also worked as a freelance musician and arranger , so with Red Allen , Billy Kyle and Frankie Newton , with whom he made a guest appearance at Cafe Society in 1939 and accompanied Billie Holiday . Tab Smith participated in four sessions with Holiday that year, including the legendary Strange Fruit Session on April 20, 1939. From 1940 to 1942 he played in the Count Basie Band, then again with Millinder. During this time he also recorded records with Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Shavers , Rex Stewart , Leonard Feather and under his own name ( Mornin 'Blues , 1940). In 1946, Smith also played in Sandy Williams ' Big Eight .
After the Second World War he directed his own rhythm and blues formations. His biggest R&B hit was Because of You , which reached position 1 on the R&B charts and position 20 on the pop charts in 1951. His recordings in 78 format on Premium ("Spider Rock", 1951) and United were re-released by the Delmark jazz label . These recordings are stylistically close to those of Earl Bostic from the same period (Cook & Morton).
At the beginning of the 1960s, Tab Smith retired from the music business.
Discography
- As a leader
- Jump Time (Delmark, 1951/52)
- Ace High (Delmark, 1952/53)
- Crazy walk (Delmark, 1955/56)
- As a sideman
- Henry Red Allen: Henry Red Allen 1937–1941 (Classics)
- Count Basie: Count Basie 1939–1940 (Classics)
- Coleman Hawkins: The Complete Coleman Hawkins (Mercury, 1944)
- Billie Holiday: The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. 8 1939-1940 ( Columbia )
- Billie Holiday: The Complete Commodore Recordings ( Commodore , 1939–41)
- Frankie Newton: Frankie Newton 1937–1939 (Classics)
- Dinah Washington: The Complete 1943–1951 Mercury Master Takes (Mercury)
- Sandy Williams' Big Eight: Giants of Small-Band Swing ( Riverside / OJC, 1946)
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Donald Clarke: Billie Holiday - Wishing on the Moon - The Biography. Munich, Piper, 1994
- John Jörgensen and Erik Wiedemann : Jazz Lexicon . Munich, mosaic, 1967
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
- Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
Web links
- Biography in the All Music Guide by Scott Yanov
Individual proof and note
- ^ Carr, Fairweather, Priestley, Alexander: The Rough Guide to Jazz . Edition: 3, Rough Guides, 2004. ISBN 1-84353-256-5 , ISBN 978-1-84353-256-9
- ↑ During this session the tracks Yesterdays , Fine and Mellow and I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues were recorded; He also played on March 21 ( You're Too Lovely to Last ), July 5 ( Some Other Spring ) and December 13, 1939 ( I'm Gonna Lock My Heart , recorded at Cafe Society ) with Billie Holiday. See Donald Clarke, pp. 557 f.
- ^ Robert Pruter and Robert L. Campbell: The Premium Label ( Memento from April 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, tab |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Talmadge (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kinston , North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1971 |
| Place of death | St. Louis , Missouri |