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Smith, Paul, 1922-2013

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Personal name headingSmith, Paul, 1922-2013
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Variant(s)Smith, Paul Thatcher, 1922-2013
See alsoCorporate body: Paul Smith Quartet
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Corporate body: Paul Smith Trio
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Birth date19220417
Death date20130629
Place of birthSan Diego (Calif.)
Place of deathTorrance (Calif.)
Field of activityMusic
Profession or occupationJazz pianist Composer Arranger of music
Found inHis Liquid sounds [SR] 1954: label (Paul Smith)
LC data base, 08-28-91 (hdg.: Smith, Paul, 1922- )
Paul Smith Quartet. Softly, baby [SR] 1957: container (Paul Smith, piano; Paul Thatcher Smith)
Grove music online, May 18, 2005: Jazz (Smith, Paul (Thatcher); b. Apr. 17, 1922, San Diego; American pianist and arranger)
New York times (online), viewed July 10, 2013 (in obituary published July 3: Paul Smith; b. Paul Thatcher Smith, Apr. 17, 1922, San Diego; d. Saturday [June 29, 2013], Torrance, Calif., aged 91; jazz pianist who accompanied singers like Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Sammy Davis Jr., and Rosemary Clooney but who was best known for his long association, both on record and on concert stages worldwide, with Ella Fitzgerald)