Terry Smith (British jazz guitarist)
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Terence 'Terry' Smith is a British
Jazz guitarist
.
Music Polls, Smith spent the early 1960s playing with the Tony Lee
Trio, before becoming Scott Walker
's musical director and accompanying The Walker Brothers
on their Japan
tour in 1968. Returning to the UK
, he recorded
a solo
album
, Fall Out (1968), which was produced
by Scott Walker, and backed by UK jazz musician
s of the day such as Kenny Wheeler
, Les Condon, Ronnie Ross
, Ronnie Stephenson
, Gordon Beck
, Ron Mathewson
, Chris Karan
, and Ray Warleigh
. Smith went on to join the U.S.
soul
singer J.J. Jackson's Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land, with whom he recorded two LPs
: The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land
(1969) and J.J. Jackson's Dilemma (1970).
In 1969, he teamed up with saxophonists Dick Morrissey
and Dave Quincy, also members of Jackson's band, to form the pioneering British jazz-rock group If
.
Around that time he also appeared with Morrissey and other top British jazz musicians on Brother Jack McDuff
's Blue Note
recording To Seek a New Home (1970).
Smith went on to record four albums with If's original line-up, as well as touring the U.S. and Europe
extensively. Following If's demise, he had a brief spell in another British band, ZZebra
, also with Dave Quincy. Best songs include Fibonacci's number and Forgotten Roads.
He met up again with Dick Morrissey and they appear together with Swedish jazz musicians and singer Tommy Körberg
for a live recording Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Live at Bullerbyn
(1975).
In 1981, Smith formed his own Blues Band in 1982 with Jo Ann Kelly
(vocals), Tony Ashton
(organ) and Micky Waller
(drums). As of October 2006, he is still active on the UK jazz circuit.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Jazz guitarist
Jazz guitarist
Jazz guitarists are guitar players who play jazz music on the guitar using an approach to playing chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist and soloist in small and large ensembles and also as an unaccompanied...
.
Biography
Twice winner of the Melody MakerMelody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
Music Polls, Smith spent the early 1960s playing with the Tony Lee
Tony Lee (pianist)
Tony Lee was a British jazz pianist who played with the likes of Tommy Whittle, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Barney Kessel, Sonny Stitt, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Terry Smith, Tubby Hayes, Dick Morrissey and legendary UK drummer Phil Seamen.He appeared on at least two recordings with Seamen - Phil...
Trio, before becoming Scott Walker
Scott Walker (singer)
Scott Walker, born Noel Scott Engel on January 9, 1943 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and the former lead singer of The Walker Brothers. Despite being American born, Walker's chart success has largely come in the United Kingdom, where his first four solo albums...
's musical director and accompanying The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers were an American 1960s and 1970s pop group, comprising Scott Engel , John Walker , and Gary Leeds...
on their Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
tour in 1968. Returning to the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, he recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
a solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Fall Out (1968), which was produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
by Scott Walker, and backed by UK jazz musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
s of the day such as Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
, Les Condon, Ronnie Ross
Ronnie Ross
Albert Ronald "Ronnie" Ross was a jazz baritone saxophonist.Ross moved to England in 1946 and began playing tenor saxophone in the 1950s with Tony Kinsey, Ted Heath, and Don Rendell. During his tenure with Rendell he switched to baritone saxophone...
, Ronnie Stephenson
Ronnie Stephenson
Ronnie Stephenson was an English jazz drummer.-Biography:Stephenson was one of the most in-demand drummers on the British jazz scene in the 1960s....
, Gordon Beck
Gordon Beck
Gordon James Beck was an English jazz pianist.Beck was born in Brixton, London, and attended Pinner County Grammar School . He studied piano in his youth, but decided to go into a career as an engineering technical draughtsman...
, Ron Mathewson
Ron Mathewson
Ron Mathewson is a Scottish jazz double bassist and bass guitarist born in Lerwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland. Mathewson is best known for his years spent working with Ronnie Scott, but has also done recordings with Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Ben Webster, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Eldridge, Oscar...
, Chris Karan
Chris Karan
Chris Karan is a jazz percussionist, primarily a drummer, of Greek descent from Melbourne. He played in Mike Nock's trio in Sydney in the early 1960s...
, and Ray Warleigh
Ray Warleigh
Raymond 'Ray' Kenneth Warleigh , is a leading UK-based alto saxophonist and flautist...
. Smith went on to join the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer J.J. Jackson's Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land, with whom he recorded two LPs
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
: The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land
The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land
The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land was J.J. Jackson's first UK-recorded album following his hit single "But It's Alright", also recorded in the UK.- Track listing :#"Tobacco Road" The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land was J.J. Jackson's first UK-recorded album following his hit single...
(1969) and J.J. Jackson's Dilemma (1970).
In 1969, he teamed up with saxophonists Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
Richard Edwin "Dick" Morrissey was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor sax, soprano sax and flute.- Background :...
and Dave Quincy, also members of Jackson's band, to form the pioneering British jazz-rock group If
If (band)
If was a progressive rock band formed in Britain in 1969.Referred to by Billboard as "unquestionably the best of the so-called jazz-rock bands", in the period spanning 1970-1975, they produced 8 studio-recorded albums and did some 17 tours of Europe, the US and Canada.-History:They toured...
.
Around that time he also appeared with Morrissey and other top British jazz musicians on Brother Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
"Brother" Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio.-Career:...
's Blue Note
Blue note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
recording To Seek a New Home (1970).
Smith went on to record four albums with If's original line-up, as well as touring the U.S. and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
extensively. Following If's demise, he had a brief spell in another British band, ZZebra
ZZebra
Zzebra were a British fusion and afro prog band active in the UK in the early 1970s.The band was formed when Terry Smith and Dave Quincy , both left the band If, when it broke up, and joined Lasisi "Loughty" Amao ex-Osibisa , Gus Yeadon ex-The Love Affair , Liam Genockey and John McCoy .They...
, also with Dave Quincy. Best songs include Fibonacci's number and Forgotten Roads.
He met up again with Dick Morrissey and they appear together with Swedish jazz musicians and singer Tommy Körberg
Tommy Körberg
Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg is a Swedish singer, actor, and musician. In 1969, he won Swedish Recording Industry Award Grammis in a category Best Debut Performance. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role in the Benny Andersson–Björn Ulvaeus–Tim Rice musical Chess...
for a live recording Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Live at Bullerbyn
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Live at Bullerbyn
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Live at Bullerbyn is a live 1975 jazz recording by Rolf Ericson of a two-evening jam session at the Bullerbyn jazz club, Stockholm, Sweden...
(1975).
In 1981, Smith formed his own Blues Band in 1982 with Jo Ann Kelly
Jo Ann Kelly
Jo Ann Kelly was an English blues singer and guitarist. "To many American performers", an obituarist wrote, "Jo Ann Kelly was the only British singer to earn their respect for her development of what they would be justified in thinking as 'their' genre".-Life and career:Kelly was born in...
(vocals), Tony Ashton
Tony Ashton
Tony Ashton was an English rock pianist, keyboardist, singer, composer, producer and artist.-Biography:...
(organ) and Micky Waller
Micky Waller
Micky Waller was an English drummer, who played with many of the biggest names on the UK rock and blues scene, after he became a professional musician in 1960...
(drums). As of October 2006, he is still active on the UK jazz circuit.
Studio albums
- Fall Out (1968)Allmusic review
- TenderlyTenderly"Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross and lyrics by Jack Lawrence.Copyright 1946 by Edwin H. Morris & Company, Inc....
The Terry Smith Trio (2008)
With If
- If (1970)
- If 2If 2If 2 is the second release by the English Jazz rock band If. It was released as a vinyl LP in 1970 and re-issued as a CD in 2006 on Repertoire Records with liner notes by UK music critic Chris Welch....
(1970) - If 3If 3If 3 is the third release by the English jazz rock band If. It was released in 1971 and reached #171 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart.The track "Forgotten Roads" featured on the band's live appearance on German TV's Beat-Club in September 1971....
(1971) - If 4If 4If 4 is the fourth album released by the English jazz rock band If. It was first issued in 1972 and the last album to feature the original recording line-up.-Side one:# "Sector 17" – 10:34# "The Light Still Shines" – 5:06...
(1972) - WaterfallWaterfall (album)Waterfall is the fifth album released by the English jazz rock band If. It was first issued in 1972 and reached #195 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart...
(1972) - Forgotten Roads: The Best of IFForgotten Roads: The Best of IFForgotten Roads: The Best of IF was British jazz-rock group If's first compilation album, released on CD twenty years after the band's dissolution in 1975. The tracks and line-up were from the first three If albums...
(1995) - Europe '72 (Live)Europe '72 (Live)Europe '72 , released in 1997, is a compilation album of live performances by British jazz-rock group If. It features material from their first four LPs that was recorded live on tour and before studio audiences...
(released 1997)
Collaborations
- The Greatest Little Soul Band in the LandThe Greatest Little Soul Band in the LandThe Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land was J.J. Jackson's first UK-recorded album following his hit single "But It's Alright", also recorded in the UK.- Track listing :#"Tobacco Road" The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land was J.J. Jackson's first UK-recorded album following his hit single...
(1969) with J. J. JacksonJ. J. Jackson (singer)Jerome Louis "J.J." Jackson is an American soul/R&B singer, songwriter, and arranger. His singing style is as a belter.... - J.J. Jackson's Dilemma (1970) with J. J. Jackson
- To Seek a New HomeTo Seek a New HomeDown Home Style is an album by American organist Brother Jack McDuff recorded in England in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Yellow Wednesday" - 6:35...
(1970) - Brother Jack McDuff - Don't Get Around Much Anymore – Live at Bullerbyn - Rolf EricsonRolf EricsonRolf Ericson was a Swedish jazz trumpeter. He also played the flugelhorn.- Early career :He moved to New York City in 1947 and in 1949 joined Charlie Barnet's big band and with Woody Herman in 1950...
- British Jazz Artists Vol. 2 - Terry Smith with the Tony LeeTony Lee (pianist)Tony Lee was a British jazz pianist who played with the likes of Tommy Whittle, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Barney Kessel, Sonny Stitt, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Terry Smith, Tubby Hayes, Dick Morrissey and legendary UK drummer Phil Seamen.He appeared on at least two recordings with Seamen - Phil...
Trio (1977)