Stuff Smith
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US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker und Violinist
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It is catalogued under topics including 1909 births, 1967 deaths and 20th-century African-American musicians.
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Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song "If You're a Viper". Smith was, along with Stéphane Grappelli, Svend Asmussen and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era. He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1909 and studied violin with his father. Smith cited Louis Armstrong as his primary influence and inspiration to play jazz, and like Armstrong, was a v
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- Smith
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- male
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- United States
- Place of birth
- Portsmouth
- Place of death
- Munich
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- jazz musician
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- jazz
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- Vocalion Records
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- 1909-08-14
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- 1967-09-25
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- Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith
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- African Americans
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Stuff Smith (* 14. August 1909 in Portsmouth, Ohio als Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith; † 25. September 1967 in München) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker und Violinist, Band-Leader und Sänger. Er gilt neben Joe Venuti und Stéphane Grappelli als wichtigster Violinist der Swing-Ära.
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