I'se a Muggin', Pts. 1 and 2 - Stuff Smith, Smith, Stuff
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music - Stuff Smith, Franklin
I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket - Stuff Smith, Berlin, Irving
I Don't Want to Make History - Stuff Smith, Rainger, Ralph
T'Ain't No Use - Stuff Smith, Lane
After You've Gone - Stuff Smith, Creamer, Henry
You'se a Viper - Stuff Smith, Smith
Robins and Roses - Stuff Smith, Burke
I've Got a Heavy Date - Stuff Smith, Green
It Ain't Right - Stuff Smith, Meyer, Joseph [Comp
Old Joe's Hittin' the Jug - Stuff Smith, Palmer
Serenade for a Wealthy Widow - Stuff Smith, Foresythe
Knock, Knock, Who's There? - Stuff Smith, Davey
Bye, Bye Baby - Stuff Smith, Handman, Lou
Here Comes the Man With the Jive - Stuff Smith, Palmer
Twilight in Turkey - Stuff Smith, Scott, Raymond [Jaz
Where Is the Sun? - Stuff Smith, Lee, David [Compose
Upstairs - Stuff Smith, Smith
Onyx Club Spree - Stuff Smith, Smith
Onyx Club Stomp - Stuff Smith, Smith
Big Wig in the Wigwam - Stuff Smith, Kutz
It's Up to You - Stuff Smith, Smith, Stuff
I've Got You Under My Skin - Stuff Smith, Porter, Cole
Crescendo in Drums - Stuff Smith, Smith, Hezekiah Ler
Joshua - Stuff Smith, Traditional
Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
Humoresque - Stuff Smith, Dvorak, Antonin
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You - Stuff Smith, Crosby, Bing
Minuet in Swing - Stuff Smith, Smith
The Red Jumps - Stuff Smith, Allen
Melody in F - Stuff Smith, Rubinstein, Anton
She's Funny That Way - Stuff Smith, Moret
To a Wild Rose - Stuff Smith, McDowell
Bugle Call Rag - Stuff Smith, Meyers, Billy
Desert Sands - Stuff Smith, Smith
La Cinquantaine - Stuff Smith, Gabriel
Blues in Mary's Flat - Stuff Smith, Osborne
Blues in Stuff's Flat - Stuff Smith, Osborne
I Got Rhythm - Stuff Smith, Gershwin
Sweet Lorraine - Stuff Smith, Parish, Mitchell
Midway - Stuff Smith, Smith
Look at Me - Stuff Smith, Smith
Skip It - Stuff Smith, Smith, Stuff
Stop, Look - Stuff Smith, Smith
Don't You Think - Stuff Smith, Smith
Desert Sands - Stuff Smith, Smith
Perdido - Stuff Smith, Drake
Bugle Call Rag - Stuff Smith, Meyers, Billy
Desert Sands - Stuff Smith, Smith
Time and Again - Stuff Smith, Smith, Stuff
Smith wasn't just a violinist, he was one of the hardest swinging musicians in the history of jazz & certainly the most forceful swing violinist ever. 49 of Smith's finest performances between 1935 & 1945 are ca... more »ptured on this two CD set, along with a 16 page booklet full of liner notes & photos, packaged in a slipcase. Proper. 2003.« less
Smith wasn't just a violinist, he was one of the hardest swinging musicians in the history of jazz & certainly the most forceful swing violinist ever. 49 of Smith's finest performances between 1935 & 1945 are captured on this two CD set, along with a 16 page booklet full of liner notes & photos, packaged in a slipcase. Proper. 2003.
CD Reviews
One of the great early jazz violinists
10/14/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Stuff Smith ranks with Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti as one of the three great early jazz violinists, and in a way he may be the most fun of all to listen to (though Grappelli was probably the most musically sophisticated of the three). The recordings on this 2-CD set range from mainstream jazz to hard-driving swing tunes with almost an old-time jug band sound. Although these sides were all recorded during the 1930s and 1940s, the fine digital remastering brings the sound back to life --- and there's probably never been anybody who could swing on the violin with the drive and sheer joy of Stuff Smith. Smith's co-star in the band, Jonah Jones (who also recorded with Billie Holiday) makes a great contribution on the trumpet as well. If you like old-time swing tunes, remarkable violin playing, or just great music in general, I'm sure you'll really enjoy Stuff Smith."
Really swings
COMPUTERJAZZMAN | Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States | 01/30/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Not too many people know of Stuff Smith, which is a shame 'cause he was a great musician who had a real swingin' band way back when. This is a great CD, with a lot of tracks you've never heard. Stuff Smith was not as good as Stephen Grapelli, but definitely swings more, kind of the way Oscar Aleman's swinging guitar was a nice contrast to Django Reinhardt (if you don't know about Oscar, get his CD "Swing Guitar Masterpieces")."
Track Listings (25) - Disc #1