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Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys - I Don't Want To Make History (I Just Want To Make Love) ~1936

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith was born August 14, 1909 in Portsmouth, Ohio. He studied violin with his father growing up and saw Louis Armstrong as his inspiration and influence to play jazz. He began his music career in Texas during the 1920's as a member of Alphonse Trent's band and would remain there until 1933. In 1935, he got his break at the Onyx Club in New York City leading his own sextet. He would often regularly perform with other notables like Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and later, Sun Ra. His recording career started a while back while playing in Trent's band, but his name on the label began with a Vocalion contract in 1936. "Stuff Smith and the Onyx Boys" quickly snagged a hit with "I'se A Muggin'". He switched over to Decca in 1937, and finally Varsity in 1939-40. He took part in several songs on the King Cole Trio album "After Midnight". He would also take part in the first outdoor Jazz festival, the 1938 Carnival of Swing on Randall's Island (the audio of his performance there was only found by chance in 2012!). He would continue writing and performing music and befriending greats like Dizzie Gillespie and Nat King Cole. Musically, he had his own style by mixing styles. He was critical of bebop, but often walked the line of swing and bebop. He was one of the first to use electric amplification on a violin, he was one of the 57 Jazz musicians present in the iconic photo "A Great Day In Harlem", and to wrap this up in a great big full circle, he wrote the song "It's Wonderful" which his idol Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald sung throughout their careers. Smith moved to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1965, actively performed throughout Europe and would pass away in Munich in 1967. Today's song is called "I Don't Want To Make History (I Just Want To Make Love)", originally written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger for the 1936 Paramount film "Palm Springs". The ensemble playing consisted of Stuff Smith pulling double duty on violin and vocals, Jonah Jones on trumpet, James Sherman on piano, Bobby Bennett on guitar, Mack Walker on string bass, and Cozy Cole on drums. The recording took place in New York City on March 13, 1936.