Warren Smith | |
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 Warren Smith performing in 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Warren Smith |
| Born | May 14, 1934 Chicago, Illinois |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Years active | 1959–present |
Warren Smith (born May 14, 1934) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist, known as a contributor to Max Roach's M'boom ensemble and leader of the Composer's Workshop Ensemble (Strata-East).
Smith was born May 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois, to a musical family. [1] His father played saxophone and clarinet with Noble Sissle and Jimmie Noone, and his mother was a harpist and pianist. At the age of four, Smith studied clarinet with his father. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1957, then received a master's degree in percussion from the Manhattan School of Music in 1958.
He found work in Broadway pit bands in 1958, and also played with Gil Evans that year. In 1961, he co-founded the Composers Workshop Ensemble. In the 1960s, Smith accompanied Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Lloyd Price, and Nat King Cole; he worked with Sam Rivers from 1964–1976 and with Gil Evans again from 1968 to 1976. In 1969, he played with Janis Joplin and in 1971 with King Curtis and Tony Williams. He was also a founding member of Max Roach's percussion ensemble, M'Boom, in 1970.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Smith had a loft called Studio Wis that acted as a performing and recording space for many young New York jazz musicians, such as Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake. Through the 1970s, Smith played with Andrew White, Julius Hemphill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Nancy Wilson, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, and Carmen McRae. Other credits include extensive work with rock and pop musicians and time spent with Anthony Braxton, Charles Mingus, Henry Threadgill, Van Morrison, and Joe Zawinul. He continued to work on Broadway into the 1990s, and has performed with a number of classical ensembles.
Smith taught in the New York City public school system from 1958 to 1968, at Third Street Settlement from 1960 to 1967, at Adelphi University in 1970–1971, and at SUNY-Old Westbury from 1971.
With Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt
With Sam Most, Kenny Barron, George Mraz
With Kenny Barron
With Anthony Braxton
With Rob Brown
With Jaki Byard
With Composer's Workshop Ensemble
With Gil Evans
With Art Farmer
With Benny Golson
With Billy Harper
With Julius Hemphill
With J. J. Johnson
With Hubert Laws
With Giuseppi Logan
With Herbie Mann
With Ken McIntyre
With Van Morrison
With M'Boom
With Jack McDuff
With Charles Mingus
With Buddy Montgomery
With Jimmy Owens
With Jerome Richardson
With Sam Rivers
With Alan Silva
With Jimmy Smith
With Charles Tolliver
With Phil Upchurch
With David S. Ware
With The Tony Williams Lifetime
With Odean Pope
With Joseph Daley
With Blue Reality Quartet (Joe McPhee/ Michael Marcus/Jay Rosen)
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