# Bill Smith

> William Overton Smith was an American clarinetist and composer. He worked extensively in modern classical music, third stream and jazz, and was perhaps best known for having played with pianist Dave Brubeck intermittently from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Smith frequently recorded jazz under the name Bill Smith, but his classical compositions are credited under the name William O. Smith.

*Jazz musician and composer from the United States*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1926-09-22
- **Died:** 2020-02-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2514044/ (@nm2514044)
- **WEBSITE**: http://faculty.washington.edu/kendo/smith.html

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/378105)
- [بيل سميث (ملحن أمريكي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A))
- [بيل سميث (ملحن)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86))
- [Bill Smith (Klarinettist)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Smith_(Klarinettist))
- [Bill Smith (jazz musician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Smith_(jazz_musician))
- [Bill Smith](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Smith)
- [William Overton Smith](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Overton_Smith)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3347890f-630e-43b9-85aa-516d964b7c4f)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862469)
- [Bill Smith](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3584185)

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