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Henry "Buster" Smith (August 24, 1904-August 10, 1991), also known as
"Professor Smith", was an American Jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to
Charlie Parker.Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. ","
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/fsmgx.html (accessed
October 27, 2007) Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound
with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s. Smith played saxophone for
a range of musicians including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Earl
Hines, though in his career only recorded one solo album in 1959. Despite
intending to release a follow-up in the 1960s, Smith was injured in an
accident leading to a follow-up never eventuating.
Biography
Early life Smith was born and raised in Alsdorf, Texas, a small township
near Telico in the outskirts of Dallas, where he attended school as a
child. Smith earned the name "Buster" from his parents as a baby, as he was
born as an o
