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Sean Smith

Sean Smith Bassist and Composer Bassist Sean Smith has been an integral part of the international jazz scene for more than 30 years. He has appeared in many of the major jazz festivals, concert halls, and clubs all over the world. Sean has performed with Gerry Mulligan, Phil Woods, Benny Carter, Flip Phillips, Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Tom Harrell, Jacky Terrasson, Bill Charlap, Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, Mark Murphy, Jimmy Scott, Andy Bey, Tracy K. Smith (winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry), and many others. Sean is also a prolific composer whose works have been played and recorded by such artists as Phil Woods, Mark Murphy, Bill Charlap, Gene Bertoncini, Leon Parker, and Bill Mays

From the Heart

By Houston Person

Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Wish You Were Here; You Belong to Me; Satin Doll; These Foolish Things; It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream; Moonlight in Vermont; Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me; The Nearness of You; Save Your Love for Me; Stranger on the Shore; Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; We’ll Be Together Again.

Houston Person: From the Heart

by Jack Bowers
October 20, 2026

There are seldom any big surprises when tenor saxophonist Houston Person releases a new album. On the other hand, there are few moments that are less than pleasing, as consistency and good taste have been and remain Person's calling cards throughout his more than 60-year career as one of the jazz world's leading artists.

Painting The Town

By Barbara Fasano

Label: Human Child Records
Released: 2025

The Parsonage

By Theo Bleckmann

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Sailing To The Sunday School Picnic (Composed by Regina Carter); Ballad of The Man Who Laughed (Composed by Renee Rosnes); Translation, Two Cigar Butts (Composed by Ted Hearne); East In The Village (Composed by Kirk Nurock); Living Light (Composed by Dan Tepfer); Lou Reed Was Very Well Read (Composed by Theo Bleckmann); Glamour and Standing (Composed by Darcy James Argue); Eighteen Million Six (Composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider).

What to Wear in the Dark

By Keith Ganz

Label: Resilience Music Alliance
Released: 2021
Track listing: Dancing In The Dark; Barrytown; Both Sides Now; God Moves on the City; 59th St Bridge Song (w/intro from Hal Galper's A Touring Musician); Desperado; Anthem; On The Road to Find Out; Here Comes The Sun; It Happens All The Time In Heaven.

Some Kind Of Normal—The new, East Coast Jazz Festival

by Peter Rubie
March 20, 2021

Todd Barkan is a Jazz Club owner, which is a bit like saying Sonny Rollins is a saxophonist. It doesn't really tell you very much unless you already know about them. But it's a start. After a year of the plague (Covid-19 in case you're in doubt), being a club owner is not unlike being a ...

Ten on Cellar Live

by C. Michael Bailey
April 23, 2019

That crafty Canadian Cory Weeds was onto something with the creation of his Cellar Live and now Cellar Music label. He reveals himself as a man for all seasons in being a confident saxophonist, music historian, and archivist with his new label Reel to Real (in cooperation with that maestro of the catalog, Zev Feldman. With ...

Humanity

By Sean Smith

Label: Cellar Live Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: A Good Thing; Song for a New Day; Irving; End of the Line; Humanity; Samba for Evandrea; A Whole New You; Tears; Jobimiola; Spring Standard.

The Humanity Quartet: Humanity

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
December 21, 2018

This release is from four veteran, first-call jazz instrumentalists who are all concerned about the worldwide loss of humanity (hence, the title of both the quartet and the CD), and wanted to demonstrate what can happen when grown-ups truly connect. As co-producer, bassist, and composer Sean Smith explains in his articulate and passionate liners, ..."the Humanity ...