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Stuff Smith

American musician

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. 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, Frans Poptie, Ray Nance, Eddie South, and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

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  • Blues for Timme
  • Bugle Blues
  • Chapeau Blues
  • Desert Sands
  • Don’t You Think
  • Hillcrest (Opus 3)
  • If You’re a Viper
  • It’s Wonderful
  • I’se a Muggin’
  • No Points Today
  • Old Stinkin'Blues
  • Only Time Will Tell
  • Purple Sounds
  • Skip It
  • Timme’s Blues