Cliff Smalls

Cliff Smalls (born Clifton Arnold, March 3, 1918 - died 2008) was an American jazz trombonist, pianist, conductor and arranger. He worked in jazz, soul and rhythm & blues genres.

Smalls was raised in Charleston, South Carolina. His father, a carpenter, performed piano and organ for Charleston's Central Baptist Church. He taught Smalls classical music at an early age.