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Bill Smith (jazz musician)
American clarinetist and composer (1926–2020)
Died aged 93VirgoUnited States
Biography
William Overton Smith (September 22, 1926 – February 29, 2020) was an American clarinetist and composer. He worked extensively in modern classical music, third stream and jazz, and was perhaps best known for having played with pianist Dave Brubeck intermittently from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Smith frequently recorded jazz under the name Bill Smith, but his classical compositions are credited under the name William O. Smith.
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Career highlights
Genres
- jazz
Instruments
- clarinet
Awards & honours (3)
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Rome Prize
- Arts and Letters Award in Music
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