Stuff Smith Quartet ‎– Swingin Stuff (1965/2005)

01. Caravan
02. Take the A Train
03. Old Stinkin' Blues
04. Only Time Will Tell
05. Mack the Knife
06. One O'Clock Jump
07. Blues for Timme
08. My Blue Heaven
09. Bugle Blues
10. C Jam Blues
11. Perdido
12. S'Posin
13. How High the Moon

Bass – Niels Peterson
Drums – Alex Riel
Piano – Kenny Drew
Violin – Stuff Smith

Recorded five days after a similar performance at the Montmartre in Copenhagen by the same personnel (violinist Stuff Smith, pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Alex Riel), Stuff and his quartet are once again heard in top form. Four of the nine songs are repeated from the earlier date, but unfortunately, the music on this LP is currently out of print. On such tunes as "Bugle Blues," "Mack the Knife," "One O'Clock Jump" and "Take the 'A' Train," Stuff Smith shows that he was as hard-swinging an improviser as any horn player and that at the age of 55 he had not run out of gas yet. ---Scott Yanow, AllMusic Review

Not only was Stuff Smith one of the first prominent jazz violinists, his gritty sound was very distinctive. These live sessions, recorded in 1965 (two years prior to his death), will be of great interest to fans of his work, with the addition of four previously unissued songs. Smith is accompanied by a superb rhythm section consisting of pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels-Henning. ---Ken Dryden, allaboutjazz.com

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