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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Buster Smith, and connects out to World War II, Chicago and African Americans.
It sits within the topics 1921 births, 1992 deaths and American checkers players.
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- Grounding Our Faith in a Pluralist World
- American Secularism
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Henry "Buster" Smith (August 24, 1904 – August 10, 1991), also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s and he was also a mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith played saxophone for a range of musicians including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Earl Hines, though in his career he only recorded one solo album in 1959. Despite intending to release a follow-up in the 1960s
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- athlete
- Country for sport
- United States
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- Wereldkampioenschap dammen, nummer 6 Smith tegen Andreiko Nationaal Archief - 925-5765.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1921-01-26
- date of death
- 1992-01-01
- Commons category
- Carl Smith (Draughts)
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
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