Nervous Neal Smith
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Bio
Career highlights include live performances with Dizzy Gillespie (1984), Bernard Allison (1988), Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty (1989), Jim Schwall (1989), Louie Bellson (in big bands and small groups from 1994 to 2008), Buddy DeFranco (1995), Clark Terry (1995), Alex Chilton & The Box Tops (1997 and 1998), The Temptations (1998, 1999 and 2006), Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (1998), The Marvellettes (1998), Garrett Morris from the original "Saturday Night Live" cast (2000), Chuck Loeb (2004), Paul Asaro (2006), and Randy Napoleon (2007). I'm currently working as a saxophonist on the Celebrity Equinox in Europe through October, and the Caribbean November through January.
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Apart from "Hey, Eula!", all the songs posted here were written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge http://www.rpmchallenge.com. The keyboards for "Forever Never Changes" and "Madelyn" were performed by Matt Podschweit, but all other instruments on these tunes (with the exception of sampled drums) were performed and recorded by myself. It may be worth noting that the shows I have listed feature me as a sideman with other groups, since I gig primarily as a freelance saxophonist. Those performances typically include jazz standards rather than anything like the songs I've included on this page.
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