Johnny Smith / Джонни Смит

Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Smith was a precociously talented musician who learned to play guitar as a pre-teen while hanging around in local pawnshops. His all-round versatility (he toured with a hillbilly band before gravitating towards jazz and could play anything from swing and bebop to avant-garde classical music) meant that he was much in demand. Smith was also a noted composer: his classic 1954 song “Walk, Don’t Run” became an instrumental standard and was a hit for Chet Atkins and later, in 1964, The Ventures.

The Sound Of The Johnny Smith Guitar

Jimmy Smith "Standards"

Taj Mahal / Тадж Махал

Reverend Gary Davis / Преподобный Гари Дэвис

Zaindiveli

Innes Sibun / Иннис Сайбан

Mike Stern / Майк Стерн

Mihkel Mälgand

Tal Farlow / Тал Фарлоу

Buddy Wachter / Бадди Уочтер

Krissy Matthews / Крисси Мэтьюз