Johnny smith biography

Guitarist Johnny Smith was the humblest star I’ve ever met. Probably because he left behind stardom at 36 for the relative obscurity of another life.

From 1946-1958, Johnny Smith was a staff guitarist for NBC by day and a New York jazz musician by night. He survived playing under authoritarian conductor Arturo Toscanini, sight-read Schoenberg with Dimitri Mitropoulos, was underpaid by Benny Goodman, and worked with Mary Lou Williams and Stan Getz. Charlie Parker liked to check Johnny out when he played at Birdland. Johnny’s 1952 interpretation of “Moonlight in Vermont” was voted Downbeat magazine’s Jazz Record of the Year. He was making the scene.

Then Johnny’s wife died in 1958. Unwilling to leave his preschool-aged daughter with a sitter while he worked day and night, Johnny moved near his family in Colorado Springs, where he played locally and toured occasionally. He wasn’t idle in Colorado. He opened a guitar store, taught lessons (including to a young Bill Frisell), designed some classic guitars, and had a surprise hit when The Ventures recorded his tune, “Walk, Don’t Run.” Still, Johnny disappeared from New York in his prime. For the rest of his life, he was as well-known for leaving a thriving career as he was for anything he recorded or

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Johnny Smith

American talking guitarist (1922–2013)

This article court case about rendering American talking guitarist. Commissioner other uses, see Johnny Smith (disambiguation).

Johnny Smith
Birth name	John Chemist Smith II
Born	(1922-06-25)June 25, 1922 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died	June 11, 2013(2013-06-11) (aged 90) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1935–1992
Labels	Roost, Wheel, Verve, Concord
Website	www.johnnysmith.org

Musical artist

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Early life

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Jonny Smith (journalist)

Automotive journalist

For the English footballer, see Jonny Smith (footballer). For those of a similar name, see Johnny Smith (disambiguation).

Jonathan Charles Smith (born 24 February 1979) is a British motoring journalist and television presenter. He was one of the presenters on Channel 5 motoring programme Fifth Gear and has since presented Mud, Sweat & Gears for BBC America and Motorheads for BBC Worldwide.

Career

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Smith first worked for a custom and vintage VW magazine, becoming the editor after three years. He went on to work for magazine publisher EMAP, where he wrote features for magazines such as Max Power, Car magazine, Revs and Classic Cars.

Smith appeared on Sky One's Movies' Greatest Cars in 2005, where he was noticed by North One Television, producers of Fifth Gear, and subsequently asked to attend a screen test.^[2] Smith hosted his own engineering-based documentarytelevision series, Industrial Junkie.^[3] In March 2014, he began filming a series with Tom Ford called Mud, Sweat & Gears: this was broadcast on BBC America during February and March 2015.

Smith was a presenter of the web TV and podcast show Fully Charged until January 2020.^[4][5] He no