PAUL SMITH

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Paul Smith was a brilliant pianist with technique on the level of an Oscar Peterson, but a musician who never really dedicated himself to jazz. After playing early on with Johnny Richards in 1941 and spending a couple years in the military, he worked with Les Paul (1946-1947) and Tommy Dorsey (1947-1949) before moving to Los Angeles and becoming a studio musician. Smith recorded frequently both with his trios and as a soloist. In addition to recording with Dizzy Gillespie, Anita O'Day, Buddy DeFranco, Louie Bellson, Steve Allen, Louie Bellson, and Stan Kenton (among others), he toured with Ella Fitzgerald off and on during 1956-1978. Smith died in Torrance, California on June 29, 2013 at the age of 91.

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PAUL SMITH Paul Smith Trio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Smith Trio
Cool Jazz 1952
PAUL SMITH Fine, Sweet and Tasty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fine, Sweet and Tasty
Cool Jazz 1954
PAUL SMITH Liquid Sounds album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Liquid Sounds
Cool Jazz 1954
PAUL SMITH Cascades album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cascades
Cool Jazz 1955
PAUL SMITH Cool and Sparkling album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cool and Sparkling
Exotica 1956
PAUL SMITH Softly Baby album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Softly Baby
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1957
PAUL SMITH The Best of Irving Garner (as Irving Garner) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best of Irving Garner (as Irving Garner)
Swing 1957
PAUL SMITH Honky Tonk Piano (as Ace O'Donnell) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Honky Tonk Piano (as Ace O'Donnell)
Swing 1957
PAUL SMITH Honky-Tonk Favorites (as Ace O'Donnell) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Honky-Tonk Favorites (as Ace O'Donnell)
Swing 1957
PAUL SMITH Delicate Jazz (aka Jazz Moderno) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Delicate Jazz (aka Jazz Moderno)
Swing 1958
PAUL SMITH Saratoga album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Saratoga
Cool Jazz 1959
PAUL SMITH The Big Men album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Big Men
Cool Jazz 1959
PAUL SMITH Paul Smith & Annette Warren : His and Hers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Smith & Annette Warren : His and Hers
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1960
PAUL SMITH The Sound of Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sound of Music
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1960
PAUL SMITH Latin Keyboard & Percussion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Latin Keyboard & Percussion
Exotica 1961
PAUL SMITH Carnival! In Percussion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carnival! In Percussion
Exotica 1961
PAUL SMITH Plays The Music Man & Other Motion Picture Favorites album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Plays The Music Man & Other Motion Picture Favorites
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1962
PAUL SMITH Slightly Latin album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slightly Latin
Exotica 1963
PAUL SMITH Memories Of Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Memories Of Paris
Cool Jazz 1963
PAUL SMITH Brazilian Detour album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brazilian Detour
Exotica 1966
PAUL SMITH The Master Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Master Touch
Swing 1977
PAUL SMITH The Ballad Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ballad Touch
Cool Jazz 1977
PAUL SMITH The Art Tatum Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Art Tatum Touch
Cool Jazz 1977
PAUL SMITH The Art Tatum Touch -Vol.2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Art Tatum Touch -Vol.2
Swing 1977
PAUL SMITH Heavy Jazz (aka Paul Smith, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson ‎– The Jazz Trio) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Heavy Jazz (aka Paul Smith, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson ‎– The Jazz Trio)
Swing 1977
PAUL SMITH Heavy Jazz - Vol. 2 (aka Paul Smith With Ray Brown And Louis Bellson) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Heavy Jazz - Vol. 2 (aka Paul Smith With Ray Brown And Louis Bellson)
Swing 1977
PAUL SMITH Just Listen... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Listen...
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1978
PAUL SMITH The Alpha Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Alpha Touch
Cool Jazz 1979
PAUL SMITH Jazz Spotlight On Porter & Gershwin Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Spotlight On Porter & Gershwin Vol. 1
Swing 1979
PAUL SMITH Jazz Spotlight On Ellington & Rodgers Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Spotlight On Ellington & Rodgers Vol. 2
Swing 1979
PAUL SMITH The Good Life album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Good Life
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1979
PAUL SMITH A Musical Cocktail The Music Of Duke Ellington album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Musical Cocktail The Music Of Duke Ellington
Swing 1980
PAUL SMITH A Musical Cocktail The Music Hoagy Carmichael album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Musical Cocktail The Music Hoagy Carmichael
Swing 1980
PAUL SMITH This One Cooks! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
This One Cooks!
Cool Jazz 1981
PAUL SMITH Keyboard Novelties and Lush Ballads album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Keyboard Novelties and Lush Ballads
Cool Jazz 1982
PAUL SMITH At Home album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At Home
Cool Jazz 1983
PAUL SMITH Paul Smith Plays Steve Allen album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Smith Plays Steve Allen
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1985
PAUL SMITH Charlie Parker For Piano album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Parker For Piano
Cool Jazz 1987
PAUL SMITH A Letter from L.A. album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Letter from L.A.
Cool Jazz 1989
PAUL SMITH The Phantom Meets the Wizard album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Phantom Meets the Wizard
Cool Jazz 1991
PAUL SMITH Garnering the Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Garnering the Blues
Cool Jazz 1991
PAUL SMITH Introspective album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Introspective
Cool Jazz 1991
PAUL SMITH The Touch of Elegance album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Touch of Elegance
Cool Jazz 2000
PAUL SMITH Jazz On Broadway album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz On Broadway
Hard Bop 2000
PAUL SMITH No One But Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No One But Me
Cool Jazz 2001
PAUL SMITH Here I Am Again album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Here I Am Again
Cool Jazz 2001
PAUL SMITH Mr. Smith and I album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mr. Smith and I
Vocal Jazz 2001
PAUL SMITH The Girl I Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Girl I Love
Vocal Jazz 2001
PAUL SMITH Going for Baroque album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Going for Baroque
Cool Jazz 2002
PAUL SMITH One More Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
One More Time
Vocal Jazz 2003
PAUL SMITH When the World Was Young album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
When the World Was Young
Cool Jazz 2004

PAUL SMITH EPs & splits

PAUL SMITH Paul Smith Quartet (EP) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Smith Quartet (EP)
Cool Jazz 1951
PAUL SMITH Mr. Smith Goes to Town album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mr. Smith Goes to Town
Cool Jazz 1952
PAUL SMITH Paul Smith Quartet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Smith Quartet
Cool Jazz 1954

PAUL SMITH live albums

PAUL SMITH He Sells Jazz By The Sea Shore album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
He Sells Jazz By The Sea Shore
Cool Jazz 1965

PAUL SMITH demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

PAUL SMITH re-issues & compilations

PAUL SMITH By the Fireside album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
By the Fireside
Cool Jazz 1956
PAUL SMITH The Paul Smith Sampler #1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Paul Smith Sampler #1
Cool Jazz 1994
PAUL SMITH The Paul Smith Sampler #2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Paul Smith Sampler #2
Cool Jazz 1995
PAUL SMITH After Dark album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
After Dark
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1999
PAUL SMITH The Art Tatum Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Art Tatum Touch
Cool Jazz 2000
PAUL SMITH Cool Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cool Jazz
Cool Jazz 2000
PAUL SMITH The Master Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Master Touch
Swing 2000
PAUL SMITH The Ballad Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ballad Touch
Cool Jazz 2000
PAUL SMITH This One Cooks album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
This One Cooks
Cool Jazz 2000
PAUL SMITH At Home album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At Home
Cool Jazz 2000
PAUL SMITH Garnering the Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Garnering the Blues
Cool Jazz 2002
PAUL SMITH Jazz Spotlight on George Gershwin album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Spotlight on George Gershwin
Swing 2002
PAUL SMITH Jazz Spotlight on Richard Rodgers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Spotlight on Richard Rodgers
Swing 2002
PAUL SMITH The Latin Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Latin Collection
Cool Jazz 2002
PAUL SMITH Essential Jazz Magic album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Essential Jazz Magic
Cool Jazz 2013
PAUL SMITH The Paul Smith Trio & Quartet : The Big Men / The Sound of Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Paul Smith Trio & Quartet : The Big Men / The Sound of Music
Cool Jazz 2014

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Cool Jazz 2002

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