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Edward Louis Smith (Memphis, Tennessee, May 20, 1931 - August 20, 2016) was an American jazz trumpeter. While studying at the University of Michigan, he played with visiting musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thad Jones and Billy Mitchell, before going on to play with Kenny Burrell, Horace Silver, Sonny Stitt, Count Basie and Al McKibbon, Cannonball Adderley, Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham and Zoot Sims. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lo
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Michigan
- Employer
- University of Michigan
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Blue Note
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- date of birth
- 1931-05-20
- date of death
- 2016-08-20
- relative
- Booker Little
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