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GHS: The Best of GHS
by Woodrow Wilkins
GHS is almost like listening to The Police without a human voice. The letters are the initials guitarist Frank Gambale, bassist Stu Hamm, and drummer Steve Smith. GHS is the anti-smooth ensemble from Tone Center Records. Their intent was to represent music fans who wanted more improvisation and more interaction among the players. Gambale ...
Take Five With Actual Proof
by AAJ Staff
Meet Actual Proof:Actual Proof is a fusion quartet based in Charlotte NC. Main Instruments are vibes and malletkat. The group draws on jazz, funk, and world-beat to create a unique approach to jazz-fusion. Instrument(s):Vibes, keys, drums, bass.Teachers and/or influences?Gary Burton, Joe Locke, Steve Smith.
Take Five With Mike Mainieri
by AAJ Staff
Meet Mike Mainieri: Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri's equally remarkable talents as producer, performer, arranger, and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting edge in music. During '50s and early '60s, he performed with such legendary artists as Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, and Wes Montgomery. ...
Steve Smith Set to Launch Three CD Reissues and July U.S. Tour with His Band Vital Information
All-Star drummer Steve Smith, who always has many irons in the fire, is set to launch three different reissue CDs and a national tour this summer. THE CD RELEASES The first two CDs are “Best Of" compilations focusing on the body of work Smith recorded during a 10-year association with the Tone Center label: Best Of ...
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy at Cecil's in West Orange, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy Cecil's Jazz Club West Orange, New Jersey October 17, 2008 “Is that all you got?" some wag yelled to Steve Smith immediately after the end of the opening set at Cecil's Jazz Club. “Do you want to come up here and try doing this?" Smith shot ...
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy at the Bach, Half Moon Bay, CA
by Bill Leikam
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Douglas Beach House Miramar Beach, Half Moon Bay, California October 5, 2008 Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy quintet dropped into the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society Sunday afternoon for the fourth stop on its fall tour. Accompanying him on the stage ...
Jazz Legend Steve Smith Set to Light up an Oshkosh Stage
A notable name in jazz is drumming up an all-star Oshkosh performance. American jazz drummer/ educator Steve Smith, who has collaborated with hundreds of artists over the years, resurfaces in the city on the water Wednesday, Oct. 8. Smith returns to take the stage with tenor/soprano sax player Walt Weiskopf, bassist Baron Browne, alto-sax crooner Andy ...
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy - Fall Tour
STEVE SMITH'S JAZZ LEGACY NATIONAL FALL TOUR STARTS OCT. 2 Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy plays music that is dedicated to honoring the legacy of many of the great jazz drummers such as Art Blakey, “Philly" Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, and Tony Williams. Jazz Legacy also performs original compositions and arrangements written by the individual band members ...
Vitalization
By Steve Smith
Label: Hudson Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Interwoven Rhythm - Synchronous; Get Serious; The Trouble With; The Bottom Line; Seven and a Half; Interwoven Rhythm - Dialogue; J Ben Jazz; Groove Time; You Know What I Mean; The Closer; Jimmy Jive (for Jimmy Smith); Positano.
Steve Smith's Vital Information Performs at the Bach, Half Moon Bay, CA
by Bill Leikam
Steve Smith and Vital InformationBach Dancing & Dynamite SocietyHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaNovember 11, 2007 What do you get when you bring together the intricate and spirited beat of Steve Smith (drums and vocals) with the driving pulse of Baron Browne (bass), the virtuosity of Vinny Valentino (guitar & vocals), and the ...
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