Floyd Smith

Floyd Smith

Floyd Smith

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Top Songs

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Saondesa Sandesa
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Getting Nowhere Fast
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He Did It All
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Floyd's Guitar Blues
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Invitation

Albums

  • Saondesa Sandesa

    Nov 2024 • 1 song

  • He Did It All

    Jun 2023 • 1 song

  • Relaxin With Floyd (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions) [Paris & Vallauris, France 1972]

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Floyd Smith

Biography

Jazz guitarist Floyd Smith covered much stylistic territory in his long and active career that began in the 1930s. His entry to guitar was a ukulele, and after he switched instruments, he studied music theory in high school. During the late '30s, the guitarist was a member of the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra and the Sunset Royal Orchestra as well as an outfit known as the Brown Skin Models. Before and after he served overseas in the second World War, Smith also played with bandleader Andy Kirk. Smith began leading his own groups, usually small configurations such as trios. The step...
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