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Henry "Buster" Smith (August 24, 1904 – August 10, 1991), also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s. Smith played saxophone for a range of musicians including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Earl Hines, though in his career only recorded one solo album in 1959.

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rdfs:comment	Henry "Buster" Smith (August 24, 1904 – August 10, 1991), also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s. Smith played saxophone for a range of musicians including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Earl Hines, though in his career only recorded one solo album in 1959.
foaf:name	Buster Smith Smith, Buster
dc:description	Jazz alto saxophonist
foaf:givenName	Henry Smith
active years end year	1980-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1923-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
alias	Smith, Henry Buster, Professor
associated band	Earl Hines John Lewis Oklahoma City Blue Devils Bobby Short Charlie Parker Basie, Count Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald Dolphy, Eric Hodges, Johnny Oscar Peterson
associated musical artist	Earl Hines John Lewis Oklahoma City Blue Devils Bobby Short Charlie Parker Basie, Count Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald Dolphy, Eric Hodges, Johnny Oscar Peterson
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth date	1904-08-24(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	State of Texas dbpedia:Alsdorf,_Texas
birth year	1904-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1991-08-10(xsd:dateTime)
death place	City of Dallas State of Texas
death year	1991-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
genre	Swing dbpedia:Jazz Big band
instrument	dbpedia:Guitar dbpedia:Alto_saxophone dbpedia:Bass_guitar dbpedia:Clarinet dbpedia:Organ_(music)
record label	dbpedia:Atlantic_Records
is performer of	The Legendary Buster Smith
is former band member of	Oklahoma City Blue Devils

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