Title: 1944-1946 Artist: Stuff Smith Release Date: 2/15/2000 Label: Classics Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 3307517108128, 723723762221 Genre: Jazz Style: Swing Moods: Bright, Amiable/Good-Natured, Confident, Energetic, Freewheeling, Party/Celebratory, Passionate, Romantic, Warm, Happy, Humorous, Hungry, Organic, Playful, Rambunctious, Reflective, Swaggering, Joyous, Relaxed, Rollicking, Sensual, Silly, Sophisticated, Stylish Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Stop - Look
2. Hummoresque
3. Don't Pay Him No Mind
4. Is Is
5. Two Faced Woman
6. Always
7. Perdido
8. My Thoughts
9. Perdido, Pt. 1
10. Perdido, Pt. 2
11. Bugle Call Rag
12. Desert Sands
13. Time and Again
14. Is Is
15. Night Falls Again
16. Up Jumped the Devil
17. Louder and Funnier
18. Gilded Kisses
19. Black and Blue Rhapsody
20. Nightmare
21. After You've Gone
22. St. James Infirmary

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD Classics 1081 1999 CD Classics 1081

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Violinist Stuff Smith's third Classics CD (which wraps up his dates as a leader prior to the mid-'50s) starts off with 16 numbers from 1944-1946, many of which are rarities. Smith is heard leading various trios (sidemen include pianists Jimmy Jones and Billy Taylor) on music recorded for the Savoy (with Billy Daniels and Rosalie Young having vocals), Baronet, Selmer, Musicraft, and Town & Country labels; Sarah Vaughan sings on "Time and Again." Best is the Selmer date, which has versions of "Perdido," "Bugle Call Rag," and Smith's "Desert Sands." Also included on this CD are Smith's six recordings with Alphonso Trent's notable territory band during 1928-1930 (including classic versions of "After You've Gone" and "St. James Infirmary"). All three Classics Stuff Smith CDs are easily recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits A.G. Godley Drums Alphonse Trent Piano, Director Alvin Burroughs Drums Anatol Schenker Liner Notes Billy Daniels Vocals Billy Taylor Piano Chester Clark Trumpet Eugene Crooke Banjo, Guitar Freddy Jefferson Piano George Hudson Trumpet Irving "Mouse" Randolph Trumpet James Jeter Sax (Alto) Jimmy Jones Piano John Levy Bass Lee Hilliard Sax (Alto) Lonnie Hillard Sax (Alto) Robert "Eppie" Jackson Double Bass Rosalie Young Vocals Sarah Vaughan Vocals, Violin Snub Mosley Trombone Stuff Smith Bass, Piano, Vocals, Guitar, Violin, Main Performer Ted Sturgis Bass