Stuff Smith

Stuff Smith, Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith born (Portsmouth (Ohio), August 14, 1909 - september 25, Munich, 1967) is an American jazz violinist.

Smith worked from the age of thirteen as a violinist in a restaurant, where he noticed that jazz was popular more than classical compositions. He learned to play on a private way in which he explored in the swing.

Smith made recordings including Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Fats Waller. ==Albums[ Edit] ==
 * Black Violin
 * Stuff Smith
 * Have violin, will swing
 * Violin Summit
 * Stuff and the Michael Davis sextet
 * Hot swing fiddle Classics