Tommy Smith - Solow (2021)

These five short solo saxophone tracks are slightly different from anything you've heard before.

The idea behind this, especially Songs of the Martyrs, was directly inspired by experiencing and listening to Psalm singing live, on the Isle of Lewis, in the Scottish Hebrides; music, which is one of the branches of 'call and response'.

About Tommy Smith

Born in 1967, Edinburgh. In 1983 Chick Corea recommended Tommy Smith to Gary Burton; he joined his group. Recording over 30 solo albums for Blue Note, Linn, ECM, Spartacus Records, touring 50+ countries, performing with Arild Andersen, Edwin Morgan, John Scofield, Jaco Pastorius, Trilok Gurtu, Dizzy Gillespie. In 2019, he was awarded an OBE for services to jazz from HRH Queen Elizabeth II.

1. Perotin 01:45

2. Amoris 01:20

3. Procurans 02:44

4. Montrose 02:34

5. Song of the Martyrs 02:17

Tommy Smith - Tenor Saxophone

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Arild Andersen - In House Science (ECM 2018)

Norwegian master bassist Arild Andersen’s trio with big-toned tenorist Tommy Smith and powerhouse drummer Paolo Vinaccia is one of the most viscerally exciting jazz small groups of the present moment. Its energies are arguably best captured in a live context, and here the three musicians deliver a characteristically smoking performance at the Villa Rothstein in Bad Ischl, Austria, recorded in September 2016. Their earlier concert recording Live At Belleville, was issued a decade ago to rave reviews and a shower of awards. “Absolutely and unreservedly marvellous” said the BBC Music Magazine.  “How often do just three musicians produce music as vast and panoramic in its scale and vision?” asked Jazzwise, amazed.

1 MIRA (Arild Andersen) 09:50

2 SCIENCE (Arild Andersen) 11:10

3 VENICE (Arild Andersen) 08:44

4 NORTH OF THE NORTHWIND (Arild Andersen) 08:35

5 BLUSSY (Arild Andersen) 08:59

6 INHOUSE (Arild Andersen) 08:10

Arild Andersen   Double Bass

Paolo Vinaccia   Drums

Tommy Smith   Tenor Saxophone

Tommy Smith - Embodying the Light: A Dedication to John Coltrane (2017)

Marking the 50 the anniversary of John Coltrane’s death, this acoustic quartet-based album features compositions by, & inspired by, the legendary saxophonist it features Coltrane compositions including “naima”, “dear lord” & “resolution” & music associated with coltrane alongside smith compositions written in homage to coltrane. smith has been a presence on the world jazz scene since his teenage years. at the age of nineteen he was touring internationally with gary burton's whiz kids quintet & three years later he signed to the legendary jazz label blue note. he has since gone on to establish & direct the internationally acclaimed scottish national jazz orchestra & he regularly tours the world with norwegian bass master arild andersen's trio, widely regarded as one of the premier groups working in jazz today. on drums, we find herbie hancock’s astonishing drummer, sebastiaan de krom.

transformation

dear lord

embodying the light

naima

resolution

the father, the son, and the holy ghost

summertime

embodying the darkness

transition