Tommy Smith
Up to 1990
- Tommy Smith - GFM Lp8001 - Giant strides
- Recorded July 6th-17th & 16th 1983, Glasgow, Scotland
- Tommy Smith, ts, ss, fl; Alan Taylor, b; John Rae, d.
- Tommy Smith - Head Records HLP 5 - Taking off !
- Recorded August 1983, Glasgow, Scotland
- Tommy Smith, ts; Kenny Stewart, p; Alan Taylor, b; Bill Kyle, d.
- Forward Motion - Hep 2026 - Berklee tapes
- Recorded November 7th 1984, Berklee College,MA
- Tommy Smith, ts; Lazlo Gardonyi, p; Terje Gewelt, b; Ian Froman, d.
- Forward Motion - Hep 2033 - Progressions
- Recorded June 1985 Oslo
- Tommy Smith, ts; Lazlo Gardonyi, p; Terje Gewelt, b; Ian Froman, d.
- Gary Burton - ECM 1329 - Whiz kids
- Recorded June 1986, Ludwigsburg, Germany
- Makoto Ozone, p; Gary Burton, vbs; Steve Swallow, b; Martin Richards, d.
- Gary Burton and the Berklee Ensemble - Chiaroscuro CR(D)300 - Floating Jazz Festival 1986
- Recorded October 23, 1986, "SS Norway", Caribbean Sea
- Donny McCaslin, Tommy Smith, rds; Gary Burton, vb; Christian Jacob p; John Dirac, g; Gildas Bocle, b; Marty Richards, d.
- Tommy Smith - Blue Note BLT 1001 - Step by step
- Recorded September 7th-8th 1988, N.Y.C.
- Tommy Smith, ts; Mitch Forman, p, kbs; John Scofield, g; Eddie Gomez, b; Jack DeJohnette, d.
- Tommy Smith - Blue Note BLT 1002 - Peeping Tom
- Recorded January 9th-13th 1990, Oslo, Norway
- Tommy Smith, ts; Jason, Rebello, p; Paul Stacey, g; Terje Gewelt, b; Ian Froman, d.
- Tommy Smith - Blue Note CDP7 96452 - Standards
- Recorded January 1991, Oslo, Norway
- Tommy Smith, ts; Niels Lan Doky, p; Mick Hutton, b; Ian Froman, d
- Pyrotechnics (New Britsh Jazz from Blue Note)- Blue Note CDP7 99659 - Pyrotechnique
- Recorded ?1992
- Tommy Smith, ts; Jason Rebello, kbs; Mike Walker, g; Mick Hutton, b; Tom Bancroft, d.
- Tommy Smith - Blue Note BLT 1005 - Paris
- Recorded May 1992, London
- Guy Barker, tp, monette; Tommy Smith, ts; Julian Argueles, as, ss; Jason Rebello, p; Mick Hutton, b; Jeremy Stacey, d.
- Forward Motion - Linn AKD 024 - Reminiscence
- Recorded July 12th 1993, Pencaitland, Scotland
- Tommy Smith, ts; Terje Gewelt, b; Ian Froman, d.
- Tommy Smith - Linn AKD 040 - Misty morning and no time
- Recorded December 19th-20th 1994, Pencaitland, Scotland
- Guy Barker, tp; Tommy Smith, ts; Julian Argueles, as,ss; Steve Hamilton, p; Terje Gewelt, b; Ian Froman, d.
- Suite with poems by Norman McCaig
- Tommy Smith - Linn AKD 059 - Azure
- Recorded October 10th 1995, London
- Kenny Wheeler, tp, flh; Tommy Smith, ts; Lars Danielsson, b; Jon Christensen, d.
- Tommy Smith - Linn AKD 054 - The beasts of Scotland
- Recorded February 25th-26th 1996, London
- Guy Barker, tp; Andy Panayi, fl, as; Tommy Smith, ss, ts; Steve Hamilton, p; Alec Dankworth, b; Tom Gordon, d, perc.
- Suite with poems by Edwin Morgan
- Hue & Cry - Linn AKD 057 - Jazz not jazz
- Recorded June 28th - July 7th 1996, Glasgow
- Pat Kane, vo; Steve Sidwell, tp; Nigel Hitchcock, rds, arr; Tommy Smith, ts; Greg Kane, p; Ewen Vernal, b; Sandro Ciancio, d.
- Tommy Smith appears on two out of eleven selections on this album
- Tommy Smith - Linn AKD 084 - The sound of love
- Recorded September 19th 1997, N.Y.C.
- Tommy Smith, ts; Kenny Barron, p; Peter Washington, b; Billy Drummond, d.
- Tommy Smith - Linn AKD 103 - Gymnopédie: the classical side of Tommy Smith
- Recorded October 12th 1997, Glasgow
- Tommy Smith, ss,ts; Murray McLachlan, p.
- Tommy Smith - Linn AKD 110 - Blue Smith
- Recorded January 1999, N.Y.C.
- Tommy Smith, ss,ts; John Scofield, g; James Genus, b; Clarence Penn, d.
- The Talented Mr. Ripley - soundtrack - Sony Classic SK 51337
- Recorded c.1999
- Tommy Smith, rds; Anthony Kerr, vb; featured in Gabriel Yared's orchestra score.
- Hue & Cry - Linn AKD 102 - Next move
- 1998
- Pat Kane, vo; Tommy Smith, ts; Greg Kane, p, vo; Brian Kellock, p; Laurence Cottle, b; Ian Thomas, d.
- Tommy Smith - Spartacus STS001 - Spartacus
- Recorded September 27th 2000, N.Y.C.
- Tommy Smith, ts; Kenny Barron, p; James Genus, b; Clarence Penn, d.
- Note: a further selection from this date appears on Alone at last, see below.
- Tommy Smith - Spartacus STS003 - Into silence
- Recorded October 30th 2001, Hamilton, Scotland
- Tommy Smith, ss, ts, bells.v
- Clark Tracey - Linn AKD 159 - Stability
- Recorded December 18th-20th 2000
- Guy Barker, tp; Iain Ballamy, ss; Nigel Hitchcock, as; Tommy Smith, Andy Sheppard, Tim Garland, ts; Gareth Williams, p; Arnie Somogyi, b; Clark Tracey, d.
- Collective personnel for the two tracks, (out of ten on the CD)on which TS plays.
- Tommy Smith Quartet - Spartacus STS 006 - The Christmas concert
- Recorded December 22nd 2001, Glasgow, Scotland
- Tommy Smith, ts; Gareth Williams, p; Orlando LeFleming, b; Sebastian DeKrom, d.
- Tommy Smith - Spartacus STS004 - Alone at last
- Recorded 2002
- Tommy Smith, ss, ts, synth, samples; Aidan O'Donnell, b; John Blease, d; Steve Hamilton, synth, samples; Groven Myhren, vo;
Edwin Morgan, voice. and , on one selection from 2000, Kenny Barron, p; James Genus, b; Clarence Penn, d.
- Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock - Spartacus STS 007 - Bezique
- Recorded July 27th 2002, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Tommy Smith,ts; Brian Kellock, p.
- Tommy Smith - Spartacus STS008 - Evolution
- Recorded April 2003
- Tommy Smith, Joe Lovano, ts; John Scofield, g; John Taylor, p; John Patitucci, b; Bill stewart, d.
- Four Walls of Freedom - Sirocco - Dear life
- Recorded September 2003
- Tommy Smith, ts; Joe Locke, vb, mar; Ed Howard, b; Gary Novak, d.
- Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock - Spartacus STS 010 - Symbiosis
- Recorded October 6th 2004, Scotland
- Tommy Smith, ts; Brian Kellock, p.
- Tommy Smith - Spartacus STS011 - Forbidden fruit
- Recorded April 2005, Scotland
- Tommy Smith, ss, ts; Steve Hamilton,p; Aidan O'Donnell, b; Ayln Cosker, d.
More details needed for the following items
- Hue & Cry - Circa - Bittersweet
- 1989
- Doky Brothers - Milestone MCD
- 1991
- Sadao Watanabe - BCSPCD 12 - Herb Pomeroy tribute
- 1995
- Prefab Sprout - CBS Sony - Andromeda heights
- 1996
- Karen Matheson - Survival - The dreaming sea
- 1996
- Mimori Yusa - Linn - Music of the night
- 1998
- Wright, Colin. "Tommy Smith's giant steps." Jazz journal international 38, no. 2 (February 1985): 23.
- Hadsley, Neville. "Tommy Smith (Up and coming)." Jazz fm 6 (1991): 8-10.
- Mathieson, Kenny. "Music for your spheres." Jazzwise 1 (April 1997): 4.
- Morton, Brian. "The test." Jazz review 1 (October 1999): 26-28
- Priestley, Brian. "Tommy Smith, Town Hall, Cheltenham." Jazzwise 2 (May 1997): 35.
- Cook, Richard. "Minister of jazz: [interview]." Jazz review 40 (January 2003): 12-15.
- Prange, Carina. "Jazz mit schottische Seele: Tommy Smith". Jazz Podium 54.Jg nr.6 (Juni 2005) p.26-27.
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