Smith Dobson


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American jazz pianist, singer and arranger

Born February 07, 1947 in Stockton, California, died April 20, 2001 in Santa Cruz, California (car accident)

Smith worked with The White House Jazz Band, The Airmen Of Note, Nat Adderley, Bobby Hutcherson, Clark Terry, Joe Pass, Arthur Prysock, Woody Shaw, Joe Williams and Nancy Wilson.
Father of singer Sasha Dobson and husband of singer Gail Dobson

APPEARANCES +


The Pacific Jazz Group
The Pacific Jazz Group
2023, CD, Album, Ropeadope
Adam Shulman Sextet
Full Tilt
2018, CD, Album, Cellar Live, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Art Pepper
Unreleased Art Vol. VIII Live At The Winery
2013, CD,
Frank Wess, Johnny Coles
Two At The Top
2012, 2x CD, ,
Bop
Art Pepper
Live In The USA
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Storyville, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Art Pepper
The Art History Project - Unreleased Art Vol. IV
2009, 3xCD, Comp, Widow's Taste, ,
Big Band/Bop/Cool Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Destruments
Shaped By the Sound
2009, CD, Album, !vory Soul
Sasha Dobson With The Chris Byars Octet
The Darkling Thrush
2004, CD, Album, Smalls Records,
Herb Steward Quintet* Featuring Eddie Duran - The Three Horns Of Herb Steward / The Marky Markowitz Sextet* With Al Cohn, Urbie Green And John Bunch
Mark's Vibes
2002, CD, Album, Comp, Progressive Records (2)
Ron Kaplan
High Standards
1999, CD, Album, Kapland Records
Van Morrison
The Philosopher's Stone (The Unreleased Tapes Volume One)
1998, ,
Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Classic Rock
Mark Murphy
Stolen And Other Moments
1997, 2xCD, Comp, 32 Jazz,
Richie Cole
Live
1995, CD, Album, Just Jazz
Ray Brown's Great Big Band
Impressions Of Point Lobos
1994, CD, Brown Cats Productions, ,
Big Band
Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band
When Dreams Come True
1993, CD, Sea Breeze Jazz, Sea Breeze Jazz, ,
Big Band
Bobby Hutcherson
Ambos Mundos
1989
Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band
Deep Voices
1988, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Dana Cox, Loren Arment
Permanent Wave
1986, LP, Album, Cheshire Recordings,
Eddie Harris
Exploration
1983, LP, Album, Chiaroscuro Records
Richie Cole
Some Things Speak For Themselves
1983, Vinyl, ,
Bop
Art Pepper
A Night In Tunisia
1983, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz
Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band
The Jazz Garden
1982, LP, Album, Jazz Mind
Herb Steward Quintet* With Eddie Duran
The Three Horns of Herb Steward
1981, LP, Album, Famous Door
Richie Cole & Alto Madness*
Tokyo Madness
1981, Vinyl, ,
Bop
Full Faith & Credit Big Band With Madeline Eastman
Jazzfaire
1981, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Soul-Jazz
Eddie Harris
Sounds Incredible
1980
Phillip Francis Stumpo
One Man Circus
1978
Mark Murphy
Stolen Moments
1978, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop
Roberta VanDere*
The Singer
1977
Mel Ellison
Friends
1976, LP, New Jazz (3), ,
Post Bop/Modal
Cold Blood
Lydia
1974, Vinyl Santa Maria Press, ,
Soul/Funk
Herb Steward
One Brother
CD, Album, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sittin' In Records
The United States Air Force Band*
The United States Air Force Presents Serenade In Blue
9xLP, Comp + Box, The United States Air Force
Gail Dobson
Now & Then
CD, Open Path Music
Gail Dobson
Parallel Reflections
CD, LifeForceJazz Records
Various
Santa Cruz Jazz
2002, CD, Album, Comp, BluesTraxx Records,
Cold Blood
Lydia
2024, ,
Funk/Pop Rock