Legendary Jazz Guitarist, Johnny Smith - Live!

As Good as it Gets, Special Thanks to Dan Johnson and others that shared these rare clips! ...My Guitar mentor (Jim Day) wrote: “In 1963 my first Jazz Mentor, Ralph Mutchler gave me a scholarship to the Stan Kenton Clinics in Reno. All I had to do was teach a class of intermediate jazz guitar students and one combo a day and that was it. Johnny Smith was my inspiration and he was going to be there teaching the advanced gtr. class. We were there for 3 weeks and became good friends. He offered to teach me pri
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