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Bill Smith Quartet

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Bill Smith (William Overton Smith), composer, clarinet; b. Sacramento, California, 1926. Clarinet at 10: theory, harmony at 16. To NYC; studied at Juilliard; later for several years with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California. While at Mills, met fellow-student Dave Brubeck ans formed octet with him. M.A. in music 1952; became teacher at colleges while continuing to play and write all kinds of music including jazz. Won Prix de Rome, later settled in Rome working on Guggenheim grant.

Top songs

  1. Greensleeves
  2. A-Roving
  3. John Henry
  4. Reuben, Reuben
  5. Three Blind Mice
  6. Wayfaring Stranger
  7. Go Down, Moses
  8. Blow The Man Down
  9. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
  10. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
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  1. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (Alt. Take 1)
  2. Reuben, Reuben (Alt. Take 14)
  3. Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair
  4. Folk Jazz: Go Down Moses
  5. Folk Jazz: John Henry
  6. Folk Jazz: Three Blind Mice
  7. Folk Jazz: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
  8. Folk Jazz: Wayfaring Stranger
  9. Folk Jazz: A-Roving
  10. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (Alternative Take 1)
  11. Wayfaring Starnger
  12. Go Down Moses
  13. Greensleeves (Remastered 2017)
  14. Folk Jazz: Reuben, Reuben
  15. "John Henry"
  16. Reuben, Reuben (Alternative Take 14)
  17. Nobdy Knows the Trouble I've Seen
  18. Go Down, Moses (Remastered)
  19. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  20. Reuben, Reuben [Alternative Take 14]
  21. Greensleeves - Bill Smith Quartet
  22. グリーンスリーヴス
  23. Greensleeves [Album Version]
  24. Greensleeves (Album Version)
  25. Greensleeves (feat. Bill Smith, Jim Hall, Monty Budwig & Shelly Manne)
  26. Greensleeves (con Bill Smith Quartet, Jim Hall, Monty Budwig y Shelly Manne)
  27. A-Roving (Remastered)
  28. Reuben, Reuben (alternate take Remastered)
  29. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Remastered)
  30. Three Blind Mice (Remastered)
  31. Wayfaring Stranger (Remastered)
  32. Greensleeves (Remastered)
  33. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (alternate take Remastered)
  34. Blow the Man Down (Remastered)
  35. Reuben, Reuben (Remastered)

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