Richard Smith (born in Detroit) is an American jazz guitarist.CD Review Digest Annual: Jazz, popular, etc 1990 "Smith, Richard Puma Creek. Richard Smith. CMG 8011 1528 "Puma Creek contains all original compositions. ... " Smith teaches at University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.JazzTimes -1998 Volume 28, Issues 2-5 - Page 23 "guitarist Richard Smith has been in academia since his late teens, and now is a tenured professor at the University of ... First Kiss, on the Heads Up label, reveals vet another facet of this energetic and outspoken force on the New Adult ...
Solo albums Rockin the Boat 1989 Puma Creek 1989 (originally released as Inglewood in Japan) Bella Firenze 1991 From My Window 1994 First Kiss 1997 Flow 1999Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa - 1999 Page 59 "Contemporary jazz guitarist Richard Smith's latest album, Flow, is probably the truest reflection of his reported love for jazz, rock, R&B and pop - a fusion of these styles into what's known as contemporary jazz or fusion. For instance, Flow is ..." Natural Soul 2002 Soulidified 2003Billboard - 6 Mar 2004 - Page 19 "Elsewhere, contemporary jazz guitarist Richard Smith, whose eighth solo CD, Soulidified, was released in " LA Chillharmonic 2008JazzTimes - 2008 -Volume 38, Issues 6-10 - Page 222 "Chillharmonic (Artistry/Mack Avenue) University professor and guitarist Richard Smith makes a triumphant return with a ... But, inspired by funk, R&B, jazz and even big-band sounds, Smith surrounds himself with an all-star cast: pianists Jeff ..." Tangos 2014 - with Dutch/Colombian pianist, Tico Pierhagen, Brian Bromberg (bass) and Gene Coye (drums). A Chillharmonic Media release
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