Time and Again [Import]

Stuff Smith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Proper Pairs
• ASIN: B00008BNSU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,290 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. I'se a Muggin', Pts. 1 and 2

2. I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music

3. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket

4. I Don't Want to Make History

5. T'Ain't No Use

6. After You've Gone

7. You'se a Viper

8. Robins and Roses

9. I've Got a Heavy Date

10. It Ain't Right

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Humoresque

2. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You

3. Minuet in Swing

4. The Red Jumps

5. Melody in F

6. She's Funny That Way

7. To a Wild Rose

8. Bugle Call Rag

9. Desert Sands

10. La Cinquantaine

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great early jazz violinists, October 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Time and Again (Audio CD)

Stuff Smith ranks with Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti as one of the three great early jazz violinists, and in a way he may be the most fun of all to listen to (though Grappelli was probably the most musically sophisticated of the three). The recordings on this 2-CD set range from mainstream jazz to hard-driving swing tunes with almost an old-time jug band sound. Although these sides were all recorded during the 1930s and 1940s, the fine digital remastering brings the sound back to life --- and there's probably never been anybody who could swing on the violin with the drive and sheer joy of Stuff Smith. Smith's co-star in the band, Jonah Jones (who also recorded with Billie Holiday) makes a great contribution on the trumpet as well. If you like old-time swing tunes, remarkable violin playing, or just great music in general, I'm sure you'll really enjoy Stuff Smith.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars really swings, January 30, 2004

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COMPUTERJAZZMAN "computerjazzman" (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time and Again (Audio CD)

Not too many people know of Stuff Smith, which is a shame 'cause he was a great musician who had a real swingin' band way back when. This is a great CD, with a lot of tracks you've never heard. Stuff Smith was not as good as Stephen Grapelli, but definitely swings more, kind of the way Oscar Aleman's swinging guitar was a nice contrast to Django Reinhardt (if you don't know about Oscar, get his CD "Swing Guitar Masterpieces").

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars STUFF IS HERE AND HE'S MELLOW, December 29, 2009

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time and Again (Audio CD)

This is a generous helping of Stuff Smith. The first CD contains all the issued sides recorded by his Onyx Club Boys between 1936 and 1940, with the exception of four sides recorded for the Variety label in 1939, and the second CD presents 24 recordings by the Stuff Smith Trio between 1943 and 1945. Material varies between novelty numbers like "Knock, Knock, Who's There?" and outright jazz. At its best it's eminently listenable small group swing, and if it's Stuff you want to listen to then you'll get an uninterrupted earful on the second disc. I'd hesitate to place him on a par with either Joe Venuti or Stephane Grappelli, but that's setting the bar high, and shouldn't dissuade you from purchasing this set.