Miss Smith to You! explained

Miss Smith to You!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Cover:	Lavay Smith - Miss Smith to You!.jpg
Released:	September 22, 2009^[1]
Genre:	Jazz, blues, big band^[2]
Length:	55:42
Label:	Fat Note Records
Producer:	Lavay Smith, Chris Siebert^[3]
Prev Title:	Everybody's Talkin' 'bout Miss Thing!
Prev Year:	2000

Miss Smith To You! is the third album by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. The album has nine covers of music from the 1930s to the 1950s, plus three original tunes written by bandleader Lavay Smith and pianist and arranger Chris Seibert.^[4]

Personnel

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers^[5]

• Lavay Smith – vocals
• Chris Seibert – piano
• Bill Ortiz – trumpets
• Mike Olmos – trumpets (tracks 1, 2, 5 - 11)
• Allen Smith – trumpets (tracks 3, 4, 12)
• Danny Armstrong – vocals (track 8, 9, 11, 12), trombone
• Charles McNeal - alto saxophone
• Jules Broussard – alto saxophone (tracks 9, 10)
• Howard Wiley – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 - 11)
• Ron Stallings – tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 4, 12)
• Pete Cornell – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 - 11)
• David Ewell – string bass (tracks 1, 2, 5 - 11)
• Marcus Shelby – string bass (tracks 3, 4, 12)
• Darrell Green – drums

Production^[5]

• Lavay Smith - producer
• Chris Seibert – producer, mixing
• Jeff Cressman – recorded at Bay Records
• James Frazer - assistant engineer, additional recording
• Dan Feiszli - mixing at What's for Lunch Studios
• Ken Lee - mastering
• Kathrin Miller – cover photography, album design

External links

• Web site: Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers . Lavay Smith official webpage . April 12, 2017.
• Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1629543|pure_url=yes}} Miss Smith to You! - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers ]. AllMusic . June 11, 2014.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers -- New Album on September 8, 2009 . No Depression . August 28, 2009 . April 13, 2017 . Perrine, Amos.
2. Web site: Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers . https://web.archive.org/web/20100323065306/http://www.gualalaarts.org/Festivals/2010WhaleJazz-ArenaTheater.html . Gualala Arts . March 23, 2010 . April 13, 2017.
3. Miss Smith to You! . Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers . 2009 . CD digipak liner . Fat Note Records . FN0003 . San Francisco, California.
4. Web site: Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers . Pasatiempo . July 10, 2015 . April 13, 2017 . Weiderman, Paul.
5. Web site: Miss Smith to You! - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Credits . AllMusic . April 13, 2017.