jazz musician and composer from the United States
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William Overton Smith (Bill), composer, clarinet; b. Sacramento, California, 1926. Clarinet at 10: theory, harmony at 16. To NYC; studied at Juilliard; later for several years with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California. While at Mills, met fellow-student Dave Brubeck ans formed octet with him. M.A. in music 1952; became teacher at colleges while continuing to play and write all kinds of music including jazz. Won Prix de Rome, later settled in Rome working on Guggenheim grant. <a
5 total works indexed
· 1997 · cited 47,757x
· 1956 · cited 41,857x
· 2020 · cited 34,634x
· 2015 · cited 24,188x
· 2020 · cited 22,639x
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