Tab Smith
Sign in to savesaxophoniste alto et chef d’orchestre de jazz et de rhythm and blues américain
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tab Smith is referenced by 54 other articles, and connects out to alto saxophone, United States and World War II.
It is catalogued under topics including 1909 births, 1971 deaths and 20th-century American male musicians.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
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- Adventures of Toy Boy and His New Companions
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,459
- Total plays
- 10,141
Tags
Talmadge (Tab) Smith (January 11, 1909–August 17, 1971), was an American swing and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist. In the 1930s and 1940s he spent several years in the bands of Lucky Millinder and Count Basie, as well as spending long periods freelancing both as a player and as an arranger. After the Second World War he led his own groups, which concentrated on rhythm and blues as jazz turned from swing to bop. His biggest R & B hit was "Because of You," which reached number 1 on the R & B c
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kinston
- Place of death
- St. Louis
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Image
- Tab Smith New York between 1946 and 1948.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tab Smith
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
- date of birth
- 1909-01-11
- date of death
- 1971-08-17
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Article · Français
Tab Smith (1909-1971), de son vrai nom Talmadge Smith, est un saxophoniste alto et chef d’orchestre de jazz et de rhythm and blues américain, né à Kinston, en Caroline du Nord et mort à Saint-Louis dans le Missouri.
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