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Johnny Smith: The Sound Of The Johnny Smith Guitar

Read "The Sound Of The Johnny Smith Guitar" reviewed by Mike Neely


A half-century after Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Bud Powell made names for themselves in the world of jazz, it is more than likely that if these three giants somehow returned to play in New York City they would still be at the very top of the heap among their fellow musicians. A similar claim could ...

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San Francisco Bay Jazz

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2006
Track listing: I've Got You Under My Skin; Old Devil Moon; All Blues; Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma'Baby); Fly Me To The Moon; Mercy,Mercy,Mercy; There Will Never Be Another You; Come Rain or Come Shine; Moanin'; More; Song For My Father; Deep Purple.

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Johnny Smith with Friends Mark Holzinger and Chris Justin: San Francisco Bay Jazz

Read "San Francisco Bay Jazz" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


Take a guess as to which famous musician guitarist/vocalist Johnny Smith is related to. If you opted for guitar jazz legend Johnny Smith, as some might, you were wrong. Smith's uncle and aunt are Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett of rock music fame, who were a significant act circa 1970 with such hits as “Only You Know ...

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Walk, Don't Run!

Label: Roulette Jazz
Released: 2005
Track listing: Walk, Don't Run!; Sophisticated Lady; I'll Remember April; What's New; How About You?; In A Sentimental Mood; Stranger In Paradise; Someone To Watch Over Me; Easy To Love; Lover Man; Autumn In New York; 'S Wonderful; Our Love Is Here To Stay; Lullaby Of Birdland.

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Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar

Label: Columbia
Released: 2005
Track listing: St. Louis Tickle; Chain Gang Blues; Savoy Blues; The Only, Only One (For Me); Add A Little Wiggle; Clowin' The Frets; California Blues; How'm I Doin' / Dinah; Who's Sorry Now; Danzon; China Boy; Minnahaha; Swingin' On The Strings; Honeysuckle Rose; Guitar Swing; Love Me Or Leave Me; Whispering; Pickin' For Patsy; Little Rock Getaway; Solo Flight; Buck Jumpin'; Twin Guitar Special; I'm Walkin' This Town; Palm Springs Jump; Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You; Red Cross; Ol' Man Rebop; On Green Dolphin Street; What Is This Thing Called Love; Body And Soul; My Baby Just Cares For Me; Runnin' Wild; Mountain Melody; Yardbird Suite; The Boy Next Door; Tocata; I've Got You Under My Skin; Aguas De Marco (Waters Of March); Bluesette; Midnight Blue; Unit 7; Naptown Blues; Move; Easy Living; Jean De Fleur; Night And Day; Clockwise; Just Friends; A Taste Of Honey; How Insensitive; Gypsy Queen; June 15, 1967; As We Used To Sing; Should Be Reversed; Manic Depression; Birds Of Fire; Coral; Ralph's Piano Waltz; The Prowler; Bright Size Life; Aqui, Oh; Midnight In San Juan; Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile); Inner City Blues; Thumper (Edit); Spiral; Captain Fingers; Mr. Spock; Race With The Devil On Spanish Highway; Cause We've Ended As Lovers; Church; Ron Carter; Hottentot; Postizo; Fat Time (Edit);

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Johnny Smith: Walk, Don't Run!

Read "Walk, Don't Run!" reviewed by Chris May


Woefully obscure and unlauded today, Johnny Smith's early '50s recordings make him as important to the development of jazz guitar as his contemporaries Stan Getz and Al Haig are to the history of the tenor saxophone and the piano. Johnny who? For a very short while, Smith was a star. His '52 single “Moonlight ...

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Moonlight In Vermont

Label: Roulette Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: Where Or When; Tabu; Moonlight In Vermont; Jaguar; Stars Fell On Alabama; Tenderly; (I Don't Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance; Vilia; Cavu; I'll Be Around; Yesterdays; Cherokee; Sometimes I'm Happy; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Jaguar (alternate version); My Funny Valentine.

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The Johnny Smith Quintet: Moonlight In Vermont

Read "Moonlight In Vermont" reviewed by Chris May


This may be the greatest “forgotten" jazz album of its time. “Moonlight In Vermont" was originally released as the B side of a single in '52. Its lush, gorgeous, laid back groove--caressed into life by Smith and Stan Getz--made it an immediate radio hit and it was voted Jazz Record Of The Year by Downbeat. Over ...


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