Tommy Smith
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Scottish saxophone player
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Over the top
- I did it the hard way
- Diversity Calling, Building Community One Story at a Time
- Colder, Darker, Harder
- Online Security for Children
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,334
- Total plays
- 36,600
Tags
Tommy Smith (born 27th April 1967) is a Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator. Smith grew up in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh, and was encouraged to learn the tenor saxophone from the age of twelve onwards. At the age of sixteen, he obtained a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music; there he joined Gary Burton's group. He has become one of Scotland's leading jazz musicians and composers, an internationally recognised <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tommy+Smith">R
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- tenor saxophone
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Official website
- www.tommy-smith.co.uk/index.html
- Image
- TommySmith-111-2018-DerekClarkPhoto.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1967-04-27
- Commons category
- Tommy Smith
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- birth name
- Thomas William Ellis Smith
- name in native language
- Tommy Smith
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
10 objects attributed to Tommy Smith, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Available in 6 languages
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