# Buster Smith

> Henry Franklin "Buster" Smith, also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s.

*Jazz alto saxophonist (1904-1991)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/buster-smith-q1017770

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1904-08-24
- **Died:** 1991-08-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807578/ (@nm0807578)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/670130)
- [باستر سميث](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB)
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- [بسٹر اسمتھ](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA%DA%BE)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7c0eaa6d-31c0-4e2a-8a00-6567d4677caa)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017770)

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