Moonlight in vermont johnny smith biography

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    Moonlight in Vermont (album)

    1956 studio album by Johnny Smith

    Moonlight in Vermont is a 1956 compilation album by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, featuring tenor saxophonistStan Getz. The material on the album was recorded between 1952 and 1953, and was drawn from two 10-inch LPs, both titled "Jazz at NBC", which were previously issued by the Royal Roost label.

    Titled for Smith's breakthrough hit song, its single was DownBeat readers' second favorite jazz record of the year.[2][3] It was popularly and critically well received and has come to be regarded as an important album in Smith's discography, in the cool jazz genre and in the evolution of jazz guitar. Songs on the album, which reveal the influence of Smith's experiences with the NBC Studio Orchestra, and as a multi-instrument musician, include the title track and the original composition "Jaguar". The title track, singled out for its virtuosity, was a highly influential rendition of a jazz sta

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    Vinyl Treasures: Johnny Smith’s ‘Moonlight in Vermont’

    I’m lucky to have a group of inspired friends who retain a youthful exuberance for musical upptäckt. Recently, my friend Richard Julian texted me about an skiva he was excited about: Moonlight in Vermont bygd the Johnny Smith Quintet, featuring Stan Getz. 

    His ord reminded me how much I’ve studied and loved both this LP and Johnny Smith, who fryst vatten one of my all-time favorite guitarists. 

    Released in 1956 on the Roost label, Moonlight in Vermont compiles two previously released 10-inch records: Johnny Smith Quintet Jazz at NBC and Johnny Smith Quintet Featuring Stan Getz Jazz at NBC. Along with Smith's guitar work, Getz’s tenor sax adds an equally outstanding röst on an album that sounds cohesive despite its origin as two separate records.  

    Born in 1922, Johnny Smith was a self-taught guitarist and learned to read music while in the military. This served him well, as h

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    Moonlight in Vermont: The Official Biography of Johnny Smith - Softcover

    Moonlight in Vermont: The Official Biography of Johnny Smith (Paperback)

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    Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. (Reference). Johnny Smith (1922-2013) was the jazz guitarist's jazz guitarist. During the 1950s, he worked for the network broadcasters in New York while also playing regularly at clubs such as Birdland opposite Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, George Shearing and many other legends of jazz. He was the most revered guitarist on the New York jazz scene during a golden era. His technical virtuosity, quality of tone, musical sophistication and literacy were unrivaled in jazz guitar circles. Many celebrated jazz guitarists still consider him to be the benchmark of musicianship by which all others are measured. This is the biography of the man whom many jazz guitar legends call