Stuff Smith

Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
	Stuff Smith by William P. Gottlieb
Background information
Birth name	Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith
Born	August 14, 1909; Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 25, 1967 (aged 58); Munich, Germany
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer
Instrument	Violin

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist.^[1] He is well known for the song "If You're a Viper" (the original title was "You'se a Viper").

Smith was, along with Stéphane Grappelli, Michel Warlop, Svend Asmussen, Ray Nance and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era.

^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 407. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.

[Larkin50-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 407. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.

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