Ginger Smock was a versatile violin

Violin

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ist, orchestra leader, and local Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 television personality. She is perhaps best known from her recordings with the Vivien Garry

Vivien Garry

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 Quintet, though other recordings have surfaced recently. In addition to her work in Jazz

Jazz

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 and Rhythm & Blues, she performed with the All City Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles.

Recordings

• Ginger Smock: Studio and Demo Recordings 1946-1958 (AB Fable, 2005)