Buster Smith - The Legendary Buster Smith

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:05
Size: 87.2 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1959/2005
Art: Front

[3:32] 1. Buster's Tune
[6:50] 2. E-Flat Boogie
[3:49] 3. September Song
[4:31] 4. King Alcohol
[5:12] 5. Kansas City Riffs
[7:35] 6. Late Late
[6:34] 7. Organ Grinder's Swing

Alto sax player, arranger, and composer Buster Smith recorded sparingly during his career and this seven-track set, recorded in a single session on June 7, 1959 and released by Atlantic Records a month or two later, was the only album Smith did as a bandleader. It's a low key, pleasant affair featuring five original Smith compositions, including the lightly swinging "Buster's Tune" and the odd, wonderfully disjointed "King Alcohol," as well as versions of Kurt Weill's "September Song" and Will Hudson's "Organ Grinder's Swing." Smith's brother, Boston Smith, played piano at the session. Following a car accident in the early '60s, Smith was unable to continue playing sax and picked up the bass guitar, gigging regularly with various combos on bass in the Dallas area until his death in 1991. ~Steve Leggett

The Legendary Buster Smith

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