Joe Smith

Joe Smith

Long Tail Jazz Country Bluegrass

Ripley 🇺🇸

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À propos de Joe Smith

b. 28 June 1902, Ripley, Ohio, USA, d. 2 December 1937. With his father, six brothers and a cousin all playing trumpet, it is hardly surprising that Smith also played the instrument. By his late teens, Smith was playing in New York, where he became a big attraction as musical director and featured soloist with a Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake show. He also established a reputation as a sensitive accompanist to singers, playing and recording with Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey and Ethel Waters. He was hired by Fletcher Henderson in 1925, staying for three years, and later rejoining the b...