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Called a "fixture in the Central Valley" (NPR), Jay Smith has had a wide variety of talent flow through his band. From jazz fusion to pop, the band has channeled a wide spectrum of musical genres to stay working and relevant. He is an Alum of California State University Bakersfield and Fresno City College where he earned his Bachelors of Arts and Associates of Arts Degree. He has opened up for groups and musicians as Carl Saunders, Poncho Sanchez, Jeff Coffin, Allan Holdsworth, Malo, Ozomatli, Clayton Cameron, and worked with Kelulu, Mento Buru, The Fresno Philharmonic, Andre Bush, Mike Dana, Velorio, and Patrick Contreras to name a few. His current projects include Mento Buru which was voted best band of 2018 by Bakersfield Magazine and The Jay Smith Trio/Group which features a variety of players including Cesareo Garasa, Paul Perez, Jay Jay Hicks, Fernando Montoya, Steve Eisen, and Patrick Contreras to name a few. The band's first album, Unashamed Portrayal, (available on iTunes and 30 other retailers) features Grammy Nominated Guitarist Andre Bush, Jay Jay Hicks, Saxophonist Chris Nguyen, trombonist Joe Vazquez, trumpeter Mark Manda, Fernando Montoya on acoustic and electric bass, Jonathan Weinmann on drums, and Jorge Nunzio Urbina on percussion
Too Many Tracks
Label: Jay Smith Group
Released: 2023
Track listing: Cold Duck Time;
Gee Baby Ain' I Good To You;
Giant Steps;
Nardis Reduex;
Someday My Prince Will Come Trio;
All Blues;
How Deep Is Your Love;
A Different Spin;
Well You Needen'T;
My Romance;
Body And Soul;
Jingles;
Munzo Trio;
Killing Me Softly;
Girl Talk;
Torture (Live);
The Doctor;
Lullaby Of Birdland;
Little Sunflower;
Doxy;
Mahjong;
Strausbourg St Dennis;
Blackbird;
Blue In Green;
Misty;
Englishman In New York;
Don'T Kill My Vibe (Trio);
My Foolish Heart;
The Nearness Of You;
Straight No Chaser;
Munzo;
Somewhere Over The Rainbow;
Mercy Mercy Mercy;
Agua De Beber;
I Wish (Full Band);
500 Miles High;
Ain'T No Sunshine;
My Way;
Come Together (Trio);
All Blues Trio;
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Album: The Trio Showed Up
By Jay Smith Group
Label: Jay Smith Group
Released: 2019
Duration: 06:16
Just Stop
Label: Jay Smith Group
Released: 2019
Track listing: Just Stop; I'm Yours; Let's Go; In Your Eyes; Have I Told You; Torture; Just Stop Reprise; All In; Mom
The Trio Showed Up
Label: Jay Smith Group
Released: 2019
Track listing: I Wish; Nardis; Smells Like Teen Spirit; Sugar; I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free;
Footprints; Caravan; Blues
Too Many Notes
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Groove; Santana; Quiescent; I Shot The Sheriff; Static (Trio); Don’t Kill My Vibe (Live); Monk This (Trio); Softly As In A Morning Sunrise; Solitary; Cara’s Song.
Jay Smith Group: Too Many Notes
by Glenn Astarita
Based in Bakersfield, CA, keyboardist, composer Jay Smith's second album is titled Too Many Notes via comments by his fan base, alluding to his often blazing phraseology on the 88s. Nonetheless, Smith possesses an active mind as the program boasts a cornucopia of bop, jazz fusion, Latin jazz, rock, pulsating cadences and explosive flights of fancy. ...
Unashamed Portrayal
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: Alegna; Elephant Shoes; Static; Break; Alegna-Trio; Past; Something for
Cara; The End.
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