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Tab Smith

real name Talmadge Smith

Kinston, United States · 1909-01-11 – 1971-08-17

Tab Smith is credited on 549 releases across 204 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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549

Credits

204

Albums

8

Decades active

67

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American jazz (and rhythm and blues) saxophonist and clarinettist.
Born: January 11, 1909 in Kinston, North Carolina.
Died: August 17, 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri.
"Tab" worked: Lucky Millinder, "The Mills Rhythm Boys", Count Basie, among others. He played in St. Louis with in the early 1930’s and
Returned in the late 1940's to stay. Smith worked around St. Louis quite a bit in the later stages of his life until his death in 1971.

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549 releases · 204 albums · active 1950–2022

  • Performance · 1,007
  • Other credits · 10

Studios: WOR Studios · Brunswick Recording Studios · Savoy Ballroom · Regent Sound Studios, New York City

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