Louis Smith Discography
1958 (age 27)
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Cannonball Adderley as "Buckshot La Funke", alto sax; Duke Jordan, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Art Taylor, drums.
Audio Sonic Sound, NYC, February 4, 1958
| Tribute To Brownie | Transition trlp 30; Blue Note 45-1701, BLP 1584 | |
| Brill's Blues | Transition trlp 30; Blue Note 45-1700, BLP 1584 | |
| South Side | Transition trlp 30; Blue Note BLP 1584 |
* Transition trlp 30 Here Comes Louis Smith not released
* Blue Note BLP 1584 Here Comes Louis Smith 1958
= Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52438 2 0 - 1996
* Blue Note 45-1701 Louis Smith - Tribute To Brownie / Star Dust 1958
* Blue Note 45-1700 Louis Smith - Brill's Blues Parts 1 & 2 1958
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Cannonball Adderley as "Buckshot La Funke", alto sax #1,3; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Art Taylor, drums.
Audio Sonic Sound, NYC, February 9, 1958
| 1. | Ande | Transition trlp 30; Blue Note BLP 1584 |
| 2. | Star Dust | Transition trlp 30; Blue Note 45-1701, BLP 1584 |
| 3. | Val's Blues | Transition trlp 30; Blue Note BLP 1584 |
* Transition trlp 30 Here Comes Louis Smith not released
* Blue Note BLP 1584 Here Comes Louis Smith 1958
= Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52438 2 0 - 1996
* Blue Note 45-1701 Louis Smith - Tribute To Brownie / Star Dust 1958
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Charlie Rouse, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 30, 1958
| tk.1 | Bakin' (aka Tunesmith) | Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk.8 | There Will Never Be Another You | Blue Note BLP 1594 |
| tk.11 | Au Privave | Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk.13 | Smithville | Blue Note 45-1715, BLP 1594 |
| tk.16 | Embraceable You | Blue Note BLP 1594 |
| tk.17 | Later | - |
| tk.18 | Wetu | - |
* Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 Various Artists - The Other Side Of Blue Note 1500 Series 1984
* Blue Note BLP 1594 Louis Smith - Smithville 1958
* Blue Note 45-1715 Louis Smith - Smithville Parts 1 & 2 1958
1978 (age 47)
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet, flugelhorn; George Coleman, tenor sax; Harold Mabern, piano; Jamil Nasser, bass; Ray Mosca, drums.
March 19, 1978
| Blues For Jimmy | SteepleChase (D) SCS 1096 | |
| Lulu | - | |
| Vaughn's Bounce | - | |
| Quiet Nights | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31096 | |
| I Remember Clifford | SteepleChase (D) SCS 1096 | |
| Oleo | - | |
| Minor Bit | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCS 1096 Louis Smith Quintet - Just Friends 1978
= SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31096 - 1991
1979
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet, flugelhorn; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Roland Hanna, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Billy Hart, drums.
April 13, 1979
| One For Nils | SteepleChase (D) SCS 1121 | |
| Chanson De Louise | - | |
| Ryan's Groove | - | |
| Fats | - | |
| Prancin' | - | |
| I Can't Get Started | - | |
| Chanson De Louise #2 | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31121 |
* SteepleChase (D) SCS 1121 Louis Smith Quintet - Prancin' 1979
= SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31121 - 1989
1990 (age 59)
Louis Smith Quartet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Jim McNeely, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Keith Copeland, drums.
March 22, 1990
| A Portrait Of Jenny | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31268 | |
| Lulu | - | |
| Time After Time | - | |
| Polkadots And Moonbeams | - | |
| Old Folks | - | |
| Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | - | |
| Laura | - | |
| Cry Me A River | - | |
| Don't Blame Me | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31268 Louis Smith Quartet - Ballads For Lulu 1990
1991 (age 60)
Louis Smith Sextet
Louis Smith, trumpet, flugelhorn; Vincent Herring, alto sax; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Kevin Hays, piano; Steve LaSpina, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
SteepleChase Digital Studio, August, 1991
| I Hear A Rhapsody | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31294 | |
| It's All Right | - | |
| Don't Misunderstand | - | |
| Edwaa | - | |
| Stablemates | - | |
| Lover | - | |
| Night And Day | - | |
| Strike Up The Band | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31294 Louis Smith Sextet - Strike Up The Band 1991
1993
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet, flugelhorn; Von Freeman, tenor sax; Jodie Christian, piano; Eddie De Haas, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums.
SteepleChase Digital Studio, April, 1993
| I'll Remember April | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31336 | |
| Au Privave | - | |
| Roadies | - | |
| You Don't Know What Love Is | - | |
| Body And Soul | - | |
| Silvering | - | |
| Stella By Starlight | - | |
| Blues For Alice | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31336 Louis Smith Quintet - Silvering 1994
1994
Louis Smith - Jodie Christian Duo
Louis Smith, trumpet; Jodie Christian, piano.
SteepleChase Digital Studio, October, 1994
| My Ideal | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31361 | |
| Don't Take Your Love Away From Me | - | |
| Mihoko's Tune | - | |
| I Will Wait For You | - | |
| But Not For Me | - | |
| A Cottage For Sale | - | |
| The Very Thought Of You | - | |
| A Child Is Born | - | |
| I Should Care | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31361 Louis Smith & Jodie Christian - The Very Thought Of You 1995
1995
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Vincent Herring, alto, tenor sax; Richard Wyands, piano; Dennis Irwin, bass; Kenny Washington, drums.
SteepleChase Digital Studio, November, 1995
| Dig | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31385 | |
| Solar | - | |
| I Waited For You | - | |
| Walkin' | - | |
| Half Nelson | - | |
| Vierd Blues | - | |
| Milestones | - | |
| Bye Bye Blackbird | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31385 Louis Smith Quintet - I Waited For You 1996
1997
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Bruce Williams, alto sax; George Cables, piano; Jay Anderson, bass; Al Harewood, drums.
SteepleChase Digital Studio, March, 1997
| SGB | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31415 | |
| Ray's Idea | - | |
| Abe's Axe | - | |
| Prince Albert | - | |
| You Don't Know What Love Is | - | |
| Poor Butterfly | - | |
| Blue Bossa | - | |
| There Goes My Heart | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31415 Louis Smith Quintet - There Goes My Heart 1997
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Jimmy Greene, tenor sax; Andy LaVerne, piano; Jay Anderson, bass; Billy Drummond, drums.
September, 1997
| Mike2 | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31442 | |
| Soon | - | |
| Angel Eyes | - | |
| Autumn Leaves | - | |
| Room 1426 | - | |
| I Should Care | - | |
| All God's Children Got Rhythm | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31442 Louis Smith - Soon 1998
1998
Louis Smith Quartet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Doug Raney, guitar; Hugo Rasmussen, bass; Keith Copeland, drums.
Audiophon Recording Studio, Allerod, Denmark, May, 1998
| Just Friends | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31464 | |
| Once In A While | - | |
| Over The Rainbow | - | |
| Tune Up | - | |
| Don't Blame Me | - | |
| Once I Had A Secret Love | - | |
| Sandu | - | |
| There Is No Greater Love | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31464 Louis Smith - Once In A While 1999
2000
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Jon Gordon, alto sax; Michael Weiss, piano; Jay Anderson, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums.
April, 2000
| Val's Blues | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31489 | |
| For Heaven's Sake | - | |
| The Way You Look Tonight | - | |
| I Love You | - | |
| Ed's Love | - | |
| A Ghost Of A Chance | - | |
| Sweet Clifford | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31489 Louis Smith - The Bopsmith 2000
2003 (age 72)
Louis Smith Quintet
Louis Smith, trumpet; Jon Gordon, alto sax; Michael Cochrane, piano; Calvin Hill, bass; Jeff Hirshfield, drums.
April, 2003
| Buzzy | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31552 | |
| Isfahan | - | |
| Algo Bueno | - | |
| I'll Close My Eyes | - | |
| Ande | - | |
| For All We Know | - | |
| Days Of Wine And Roses | - | |
| Scrapple From The Apple | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31552 Louis Smith Quintet - Louisville 2004