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Johnny Smith

jazz guitarist

United States • 1922-06-25 – 2013-06-11

Johnny Smith is credited on 1,529 releases across 362 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,529

Pressings credited

362

Albums

8

Decades active

194

In collections

Biography

Johnny Henry Smith II (June 25, 1922 – June 11, 2013) was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He wrote "Walk, Don't Run" in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.

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1,529 releases · 362 albums · active 1951–2025

  • Performance · 1,637
  • Other credits · 51

Studios: Gold Star Studios · Penguin Cafe · Farmyard Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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