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Joe “Fox” Smith

Joe “Fox” Smith had among the prettiest shades & most lyrical varieties of any jazz soloist within the 1920s, and he was Bessie Smith’s favourite sideman. The majority of Smith’s family members performed trumpet, including his dad, Luke Smith, Sr. (who led a brass music group) and his six brothers; …

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