Jabbo Smith (born Cladys Smith; December 24, 1908 – January 16, 1991) was an American jazz musician, known for his virtuoso playing on the trumpet. Smith...
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Jabbo is a nickname. People with the name include: Jabbo Andrews (1907–1964), American baseball player Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips, lead singer of American...
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Susana Santos Silva Alex Sipiagin Bria Skonberg Jabbo Smith June Smith (jazz singer) Wadada Leo Smith Paul Smoker Valaida Snow Eivind Solberg Torgrim...
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Richmond Hill Primary School Pembroke was the birthplace of jazz musician Jabbo Smith. "Pembroke, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States...
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Bishop played drums on recordings by pianist Alex Hill and trumpeter Jabbo Smith during the 1920s and 1930s. His song "Swing, Brother, Swing" was recorded...
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Hilding "Doc" Severinsen Charlie Shavers Woody Shaw Bobby Shew Jabbo Smith Wadada Leo Smith Lew Soloff Muggsy Spanier Terell Stafford Marvin Stamm Tomasz...
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joined George E. Lee. By 1930, Keg had settled in Chicago playing with Jabbo Smith, Cassino Simpson, and Eddie Mallory, amongst others, before touring and...
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Harlem band employing jazz musicians such as Edmond Hall, Fred Norman, Jabbo Smith and Vic Dickenson (although his records were arranged to feature his...
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recorded with him. He recorded as a leader under various names, with Jabbo Smith and Milt Hinton as sidemen. In 1933 he cut a few sides with Half Pint...
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Memphis Minnie, Jabbo Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Georgia White, Skip James, Merline Johnson, Ma Rainey, Hattie Hart, Blind Blake and Clara Smith. Some of the...
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soloed on his recordings. The Paradise Ten ensemble included trumpeters Jabbo Smith, Leonard Davis, Sidney DeParis, and Thomas Morris, trombonists Charlie...
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York Syncopated Orchestra. In 1928, Jordan conducted a band made up of Jabbo Smith, Garvin Bushell, James P. Johnson, and Thomas "Fats" Waller in the musical...
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Piano Red "Decatur Street Boogie" by Piano Red "Decatur Street Tutti" by Jabbo Smith "Deep Bayou Blues" by George Lewis "Destination New Orleans" by Jimmy...
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Bo, 74, Italian politician. Nicholas Mansergh, 80, British historian. Jabbo Smith, 82, American jazz musician. Marv Breuer, 76, American baseball player...
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big bands with Duke Ellington and Count Basie. William "Cat" Anderson, Jabbo Smith, and Freddie Green are but a few of the alumni who became professional...
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Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, George Lewis, Ted Lewis, Jimmy O'Bryant, Jabbo Smith, Jack Teagarden, Ethel Waters, and Clarence Williams. The company's label...
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took part in a celebrated cutting contest with trumpet player Cladys "Jabbo" Smith, with whom he later became good friends. Eldridge moved to New York in...
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Herman Chittison Ivory: Harold Ivory Williams Jabali: Billy Hart Jabbo: Jabbo Smith Jaco: Jaco Pastorius Jack: Jack Jenney Jack: Jack Teagarden Jackie:...
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playing and recording with Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, and Jabbo Smith during 1928 and 1929. In 1929, Robinson recorded in Chicago with Georgia...
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Coast to Coast Swingin' Jazz (Jazzology, 1991) Jabbo Smith, Hidden Treasure Vol 1 (Jazz Art 1984) Jabbo Smith, Hidden Treasure Vol 2 (Jazz Art 1984) Dick...
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guest for the Town Hall concert. Danny Barker (1909–1994), banjoist Jabbo Smith (1908–1991), trumpeter Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African...
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orchestra was the legendary trumpeter Jabbo Smith, who was a rival of Louis Armstrong in the late 1920s. Smith can be heard frequently in the musical's...
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as a sideman with Kaiser Marshall (1935) and recorded with Red Allen, Jabbo Smith (1938), Hot Lips Page (1938–40, on sides for Decca Records), Bill Dillard...
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lighter sound more akin to Jabbo Smith than Louis Armstrong, yet his phrasing is more in the Armstrong vein than that of Smith. In many respects his playing...
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are the trombonist Jimmy Harrison and the trumpeters Johnny Dunn and Jabbo Smith, especially the latter. As an indication of the latter's virtuosic creativity...
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Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Cat Anderson, Tom Delaney, Freddie Green, Drink Small, Johnny Helms, Terry Rosen, Jabbo Smith, Bill Benford, Tommy Benford...
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1920s. The band ceased to exist in the 1980s. William "Cat" Anderson, Jabbo Smith and Freddie Green are but a few of the alumni from the Jenkins Orphanage...
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historically, or aesthetically significant". William "Cat" Anderson, Jabbo Smith, Tom Delaney, and Freddie Green are notable alumni. Jack McCray (6 June...
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around Chicago. He performed with Freddie Keppard, Zutty Singleton, Jabbo Smith, Erskine Tate, and Art Tatum. Hinton soon taught himself to play the...
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1936–37 667 Erskine Hawkins 1938–39 668 Jelly-Roll Morton 1939–40 669 Jabbo Smith 1929–38 670 Harlan Leonard 1940 671 James P. Johnson 1928–38 672 Ethel...
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