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Article: Interview

Warren Smith

by Clifford Allen
November 30, 2004

Drummer, percussionist and composer Warren Smith has arguably had one of the most varied careers of any improvising drummer, working with artists as diverse as Sam Rivers, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Bill Cole and Harry Partch. Though originally trained in modern classical percussion, jazz and improvised music became paramount after moving to New York in the ...

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Article: Album Review

Warren Smith: Race Cards

by Ty Cumbie
March 18, 2004

On Race Cards, Warren Smith tells us how he sees the world right now. If the title sounds bombastic, relax: the bombs Smith tosses detonate with pleasing mellisonance. Mr. Smith’s recitative indictment of the powerful and their tactics is good-humored yet devastating. The Dixie Chicks said far less than this and were blacklisted. Mr. Smith has ...

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Article: Megaphone

Warren Smith: My Musical Life In New York City

by AAJ Staff
February 6, 2004

Submitted on behalf of Warren Smith After two or three brief visits, I came to New York City to stay in the fall of 1957. I had been born into a fabulous era on Chicago's South Side about five years after the great Depression. Things were not yet back to normal. We shared ...