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Bill Smith

Bill Smith is credited on 474 releases across 260 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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474

Pressings credited

260

Albums

8

Decades active

648

In collections

Biography

William Overton Smith (September 22, 1926 – February 29, 2020) was an American clarinetist and composer. He worked extensively in modern classical music, third stream and jazz, and was perhaps best known for having played with pianist Dave Brubeck intermittently from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Smith frequently recorded jazz under the name Bill Smith, but his classical compositions are credited under the name William O. Smith.

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Credited work

474 releases · 260 albums · active 1957–2026

  • Engineering · 549
  • Performance · 118
  • Other credits · 70
  • Mastering · 16
  • Production · 5

Studios: Cherokee Studios · Capitol Studios · Roxx Studios · Santa Fe Recording Studios, Van Nuys, California

Discography

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