Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers is the full name of Lavay Smith

Lavay Smith

Lavay Smith is an American singer specialising in the Blues and Jazz, from Swing to Bebop. Smith tours internationally with her 8-piece "little big band", Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. She is known as The Queen of Classic Jazz & Blues....

's band. Smith is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 singer specialising in the Blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 and Jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, from Swing to Bebop

Bebop

Bebop differed drastically from the straightforward compositions of the swing era, and was instead characterized by fast tempos, asymmetrical phrasing, intricate melodies, and rhythm sections that expanded on their role as tempo-keepers...

. She is known as The Queen of Classic Jazz & Blues.

Smith performs her own original compositions as well as songs made famous in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s by the great women of Jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 and Blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

, including Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith was an American blues singer.Sometimes referred to as The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s...

, Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...

, Helen Humes

Helen Humes

Helen Humes was an American jazz and blues singer.Humes was successively a teenaged blues singer, band vocalist with Count Basie, saucy R&B diva and a mature interpreter of the classy popular song.-Career:...

, Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones , was an American blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues"...

, Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

, Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...

, Carmen McRae

Carmen McRae

Carmen Mercedes McRae was an American jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and her ironic interpretations of song lyrics that made her memorable...

, Big Maybelle

Big Maybelle

Mabel Louise Smith , known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer and pianist. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.-Biography:...

 and Esther Phillips

Esther Phillips

Esther Phillips was an American singer. Phillips was known for her R&B vocals, but she was a versatile singer, also performing pop, country, jazz, blues and soul music.-Early life:...

. Smith is an independent artist and owns her own record label, Fat Note Records.

Trumpet player Allen Smith is a recipient of the San Francisco Jazz Festival

San Francisco Jazz Festival

Debuting in 1983, the San Francisco Jazz Festival is an annual three-week celebration of today's best music, with over 30 concerts. Produced by SFJAZZ, a non-profit organization dedicated to jazz and jazz education...

 Beacon Lifetime Achievement award. Trumpet player Bill Ortiz has been a member of Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...

's band for over 7 years and can be heard on Santana's last 4 albums, including the hit record "Smooth

Smooth

Smooth means having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.Smooth may also refer to:-In mathematics:* Smooth function, a function that is infinitely differentiable; used in calculus and topology...

". Tenor Saxophone player Howard Wiley and Bassist David Ewell toured with Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.Early in her career, she established her reputation as a member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, The Miseducation of...

 on and off throughout 2007.

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers won the San Francisco Regional Poll in The 1st Annual Independent Music Awards

The Independent Music Awards

The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....

 for "I Want a Big Fine Daddy". Her second album, "Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing!

Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing!

Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing! is the second album by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers.- Track listing :#"The Busy Woman's Blues"...

" spent 20 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Magazine Jazz Charts, reaching number 10.

Discography

• One Hour Mama
  One Hour Mama
  One Hour Mama is the first album by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers.- Track listing :#"Oo Poppa Do" #"Blue Skies" #"New Blowtop Blues"...
  
  (1996) (Fat Note Records)
• Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing!
  Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing!
  Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing! is the second album by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers.- Track listing :#"The Busy Woman's Blues"...
  
  (2000) (Fat Note Records)
• Miss Smith To You!
  Miss Smith To You!
  - Track listing :#"Miss Brown to You" #"It Don't Mean a Thing " #"Daddy" #"With My Man"...
  
  (2009) (Fat Note Records)

External links

• Official Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers web site