Description
Smatter
Quartet of trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, bass and drums.
Recorded by ECM
Kenny was asked about that word and what he said was that he was very grumpy, and had a very grumpy face when travelling and getting in and out of taxi’s. Drivers especially in the USA and especially in New York would look at Kenny and would shorten the word to S’matta saying to him ‘whats S’matta wid you’ I am certain that he never replied but if he did it would have been with a short ‘grunt’.
