Harold Smith

Recording credits because of this swing-era pianist will probably show up in both Harold Smith and Howard Smith; he shouldn’t be baffled with various other performers from the same name, specifically those who find themselves stylistically related such as for example prolific jazz composer Harold Beasley Smith, not forgetting a clarinetist, trombonist, and drummer. The pianist began lifestyle as an Okie but by 1919 was a Québécois due to his family proceeding north to Montreal. His professional profession became popular in the first ’30s, where time he previously settled in NEW YORK. His affiliations in this era are the cranky Benny Goodman aswell as Billy Rose and Isham Jones. Smith caused the last mentioned bandleader in the middle-’30s, after that juggled the freelance ball until signing up for up with trombonist Tommy Dorsey from 1937 through 1940. Smith was luckily enough to be employed with the CBS personnel early in the ’40s, leading to regular work on a number of recording periods including edges by Jo Stafford and Bing Crosby.