Jabbo Smith & His Rhythm Aces -

Sweet 'n' Low Down

Affinity Records AFS 1029
1986 UK Issue

Condition - Cover: EX. Vinyl: Like New




 1929 Recordings except 2 tracks from 1927 With The Duke Ellington Orchestra (see photo for track details)


Artist             Instrument
Hayes Alvis     Tuba
Willard Brown     Clarinet, Alto, and Baritone Saxophone
Lawson Buford     Tuba
Earl Frazier     Piano
George James     Alto Saxophone
Ikey Robinson     Banjo
Omer Simeon     Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Cassino Simpson     Piano
Jabbo Smith     Cornet, Vocals, Trombone


bio excerpts from answers.com

Born Cladys Smith on December 24, 1908, in Pembroke, Georgia; died on January 16, 1991, in New York, New York

Cladys "Jabbo" Smith was considered to be Louis Armstrong's only serious competition during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Sometimes called the "trumpet ace of the 20s," Smith was, according to the Village Voice, "perhaps the first swift trumpeter, a forerunner of the bebop style." While Smith earned such illustrious admiration, he never stepped into the spotlight of fame. In their oral history, "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya," Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro quoted Milt Hinton on Smith, "Jabbo was as good as Louis [in 1930]. He was the Dizzie Gillespie of that era. He played rapid-fire passages while Louis was melodic and beautiful ... He could play soft and he could play fast but he never made it." Smith has influenced several younger trumpet players, particularly Roy Eldridge, a prominent musician who helped develop Modern Jazz. Smith's last performance was in Berlin, where it was reported that he impressed the avant-garde trumpeter, Don Cherry. Smith also wrote over two hundred songs during his career. Smith's friend, James Reddick, gave him the name Jabbo, who was a character in a movie by William S. Hart--Jabbo was "an ugly Indian." …..

In 1927, Smith recorded a version of "Black and Tan" with Duke Ellington. Ellington wanted Smith to join his band and play at the Cotton Club, but Smith turned him down, "He offered me ninety dollars, but by that time everybody claimed I was the best in New York and I was getting a hundred and fifty a week. I said no, and he hired Freddy Jenkins," he explained in the New Yorker. Later that year Smith joined the show "Keep Shufflin'" with Fats Waller and James P. Johnson. He also made several recordings with Johnson's band, the Louisiana Sugar Babies. When "Keep Shufflin'" ended its run, Smith moved to Chicago where he formed the band, Rhythm Aces, and made several recordings for the Brunswick Company. The recordings that Smith made during this time reflected his virtuosity and his impressive musicianship on both trumpet and vocals. The recordings were very sophisticated, perhaps ahead of their time, which contribued to their lack of popularity. — Christine Miner Minderovic




by Len Weinstock
At the request of Mayo Williams of the Brunswick Record Company of Chicago, Jabbo Smith formed his Rhythm Aces, a quintet with which he recorded nineteen sides from January to August 1929. In these works Jabbo displays extraordinary virtuosity and exemplary musicianship on trumpet as well as vocal. Possibly, because the work was too advanced or sophisticated, the records were not accepted by the public and have, until recently, been largely forgotten.

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