Richard Smith
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A Jazz musician as well as a noted educator, Richard Smith has been involved in the contemporary jazz genre since its inception as New Adult Contemporary Music in the 1980s. Starting as a sideman for Dan Siegel and Richard Elliot, Smith has built a tremendous following from his four previous solo recordings, all of which were Top Five airplay successes.
On First Kiss, Smith focuses less on being strictly a guitar virtuoso and more on timeless compositions, which feature a multitude of special guests including Richard Elliot, Peter White, Brandon Fields and Greg Vale.
"First Kiss is more of a unified statement, something more intimate with a vibe and attitude. It's as though I am hanging with just a few different overall chords on each tune, keeping things rhythmically simple and direct, concentrating less on the flash of the guitar and more on the intimacy, the melody and soulfulness of the tunes." Smith keeps his guitar arsenal on First Kiss to a minimum, switching off between a Gibson Birdland electric jazz guitar and custom-made Sadowsky nylon string. Smith is joined on various tracks by saxmen Richard Elliot, Brandon Fields, Michael Lington (from Bobby Caldwell's band), and Greg Vail, flugelhornist Tony Guerrero and acoustic guitarist Peter White.
Smith has also received acclaim as the head of University of Southern California's guitar department, which has been hailed as the top guitar department in the nation. Equally passionate about education, Smith has strong feelings about how schools should approach music education. "The most important thing I can do is to keep a young person's mind open to all the music that's happening," he explains. "If I can get them to think in an open sense about jazz, rock, blues and country and that somehow they are all legitimate and all fit and work together, then my job is done."
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