Person · Male

Buster Smith

saxophone

From: United States
Active: 1904–1991
Releases: 1

jazz

About

Henry Franklin "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 number of prominent band leaders including Duke Ellington and Earl Hines as well as vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. He recorded his only album as leader in 1959 and despite intending to record a follow-up, he was injured in an accident and nothing else was released.

From Buster Smith on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Walter Page’s Blue Devils now

Discography

Albums 1

The Legendary Buster Smith 1960 Apple Music

Links

Reference

Sibling

Boston Smith now

Also known as

Henry "Buster" Smith · Henry Franklin "Buster" Smith

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 7c0eaa6d-31c0-4e2a-8a00-6567d4677caa
ISNI: 0000000081851325

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.