Improvisor, composer, and artist in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, vocalist and musical impresario pioneering the field of free improvisation in America. Best known for her improvisation work on violin and viola and her collaborative work with Davey Williams.
ALBUMS
LaDonna Smith, Leland Scott Davis
Channeling The Gateway
2020, CDr, Album, Trans Museq, 
,
, Free Improvisation
LaDonna Smith, T. Rouss*
EVA's Third Anniversary
2020, File, FLAC, Not On Label (Taylor Rouss Self-released)
Henry Kaiser, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
The Bird Returns To The Forest
2020, 10xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Henry Kaiser Self-released)
LaDonna Smith
Rising Tulips
2019, CDr, Album, Trans Museq
LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
Sequana Sessions
2015, CDr, Trans Museq
Andrea Centazzo, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
The Complete Recording Vol. 3 - Rituals
2013, CDr, Album, Ictus Records
Christian Asplund, John Butcher, Stuart Dempster, Malcolm Goldstein, Steve Ricks (2), LaDonna Smith, William O. Smith
The Laycock Duos
2013, CD, Album, Comprovise Records, ,
, Free Improvisation
Andrea Centazzo, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
The Complete Recording Vol. 2 - Halcyon Days
2012, CDr, Album, Ictus Records
Michael Evans (2) & LaDonna Smith
Deviant Shakti
2009, CDr, Album, Trans Museq, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
David Sait W/ Glen Hall W/ Gino Robair W/ LaDonna Smith
Postage Paid Duets Vol. 2
2009, CD, Album, APPRISe, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Dave Liebman*, LaDonna Smith, Misha Feigin with Jason Foureman
Waters Ashore
2007, CDr, Album, Trans Museq
Susan Alcorn, LaDonna Smith
Ambient Visage
2007, CDr, Album, Trans Museq
LaDonna Smith & Misha Feigin
Floating Bridges
2007, CDr, Album, Trans Museq
LaDonna Smith, Misha Feigin
Yokel Yen
2006, CDr, Album, Trans Museq
LaDonna Smith
Rare Earth
2003, 12", S/Sided, Table Of The Elements
Misha Feigin / Craig Hultgren / LaDonna Smith
They Are We Are
2000, CD, Album, Leo Lab
Polly Bradfield, Andrea Centazzo, Eugene Chadbourne, Tom Corra*, Toshinori Kondo, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Jack Wright, John Zorn
USA Concerts East
1999, CD, 
,
, Free Jazz
LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
Transmutating
1993, CD, Album, Shaking Ray Records
LaDonna Smith
Eye Of The Storm
1992, CD, Album, Trans Museq
LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
Travellers
1990, Cass, Album, Trans Museq
LaDonna Smith / Jeffrey Morgan
Laboratory Affair
1988, Cass, Sound Of Pig
Cinnie Cole, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
Locales For Ecstasy
1987, LP, Album, Trans Museq, ,
, Free Improvisation
LaDonna Smith & Davey Williams
Boat Songs Of The Yellow Eye
1986, Cass, Album, Cassette Documents
LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Wally Shoup, Thomas Gaudynski, Jim Willett*
The Parrot's Regime
1986, Cass, Album, C90, Trans Museq
Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Wally Shoup
Dervishes Of Three And Two
1986, Cass, Album, C90, Trans Museq
Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith
Green
1986, Cass, Album, C60, Trans Museq
LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
Trans Duo Live - New Gases In The Dome
1985, Cass, Album, Calypso Now
Wally Shoup, Davey Williams, Doug Carroll, LaDonna Smith
Close Calls In Texas
1984, Cass, Album, C60, Cassette Documents
Doug Carroll, LaDonna Smith, Wally Shoup, Davey Williams
Lost Armadillo Sandwich
1984, Cass, Album, C90, Cassette Documents
Doug Carroll, LaDonna Smith, Wally Shoup, Davey Williams
Imminent Celestial Vicinity
1984, Cass, Album, C90, Cassette Documents
LaDonna Smith / Davey Williams
Song Of An Aeropteryx
1983, 7", Trans Museq, Black Swan Press
Günter Christmann / Torsten Müller / LaDonna Smith / Davey Williams
White Earth Streak
1983
LaDonna Smith & Davey Williams
Direct Waves
1980, LP, Trans Museq
Anne LeBaron / LaDonna Smith / Davey Williams
Jewels
1979, LP, Trans Museq
Andrea Centazzo, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams
Velocities
1979
LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Theodore Bowen
Folk Music
1978, LP, Trans Museq
LaDonna Smith & Serguei Letov*
Erogenous Soundscapes
CDr, Album, Pentagramma
Joel Nelson (5), Davey Williams
Allies
2020, CDr, Album, Trans Museq
Taylor Rouss, Joel Nelson
Buttons For A Coat (A Davey Williams Commemoration)
2020
Nicolas Collins
Devil's Music
2009
Trans-Idio
Alchemical Rowdies
1981, LP, Album, Trans Museq, ,
, Free Improvisation
Transcendprovisation
Trans
1977, LP, Album, Trans Museq
APPEARANCES +
Jandek
Nashville Friday
2023, 2xCD, Album, Corwood Industries, ,
, Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Steve Lacy, Andrea Centazzo, The Rova Saxophone Quartet*
U.S.A. Concerts / The Bay / The Ictus Archives Vol. 1 / The Ictus Archives Vol. 2
2023, LP, Comp + LP, Comp + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, R, Ictus Records, Ictus Records, Ictus Records, Ictus Records, ,
, Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Johnny Coley
Landscape Man
2022, Cass, Album, Ltd, Red, Astral Editions, Astral Spirits
Johnny Coley
Antique Sadness
2021, LP, Album, Sweet Wreath
Various
Option 1
2019, 2xCD, Album, Corbett vs. Dempsey
Ramble Tamble
Outlaw Overtones
2018, Cass, Ltd, Eiderdown Records
Ramble Tamble
Outlaw Overtones
2018, File, WAV, Album, Eiderdown Records
Jasper Lee
Mirror Of Wind
2017, LP, Album, Noumenal Loom
Various
Ictus Nights @The Stone - Anthology Volume 1
2013, CDr, Album, Ictus Records, ,
, Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Ictus Nights @The Stone - Anthology Volume 2
2013, CDr, Album, Ictus Records
Various
Ictus Records 35th Anniversary Collection
2012, CD, Ictus Records
Primitons
Don't Go Away: Collected Works
2012, CD, Comp, Arena Rock
Andrea Centazzo
Ictus World Music Collection
2012, 3xCD, Album + 4xCDr, Album + Box, Comp, Car, Ictus Records, ,
, Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary
Shiva's Quintessence
Only Love Can Save Us
2011, CD, Album, RE, Hux Records
Andrea Centazzo
Guitars
2009, 2xCDr, Album, Ictus Records
Various
Ictus Records' 30th Anniversary Collection
2006, 12xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num + Box, Ictus Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
Back To The Future
2006, CD, Album, RM, Ictus Records
Various
The New US Concerts
2006, CD, Album, RM, Ictus Records
Shiva's Quintessence
Cosmic Surfer
2005, 2xCD, Eclectic Discs
Makarov & Friends*
Приглашение На
2001, CDr, Comp, Mak–Art Records
Misha Feigin
Both Kinds Of Music
1999, CD, Album, Leo Lab, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Valentina Ponomareva*
Forte
1999
Gino Robair
Buddy Systems - Selected Duos And Trios
1998, CD, Album, Meniscus, ,
, Free Improvisation
Eugene Chadbourne, John Zorn
1977 1981
1998, CD Book, ,
, Free Improvisation/Avantgarde/Experimental
John Zorn
The Parachute Years 1977-1980 (Lacrosse Hockey Pool Archery)
1997, 7xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Tzadik, ,
, Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
John Zorn
Lacrosse
1997, 2xCD, Album, RE, Tzadik, ,
, Free Jazz/Abstract/Experimental
Little Red Rocket
Who Did You Pay
1997
Various
Birmingham Improv Festival Recordings 96
1996, CD, Trans Museq
Various
A Confederacy Of Dances Vol. 2: Concert Recordings From The Roulette Series, New York
1994, CD, Album, Comp, Einstein Records, Einstein Records, ,
, Art Rock/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Various
Dice: A Collection Of Contemporary Women Composers
1993, CD, Album, Ishtar Records
Various
(Y)earbook Volume 3
1991, CD, Comp, Rastascan Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Free Jazz/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Various
The Aerial #2 (Spring 1990)
1990, CD, Comp, The Aerial, ,
, Musique Concrète/Field Recording/Contemporary/Avantgarde/Experimental/Ambient/Jazz-Rock/Minimal
Various
Dix Improvisations - Victoriaville 1989
1990, CD, Les Disques Victo, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Rotcod Zzaj
SDRAWKCAB ZZAJ (An Improvisational Oddesey.....)
1989, Cass, C90, Zzaj Productions
Sue Ann Harkey
The Ancient Past And The Ancient Future Are Both Seconds Away
1989
Various
Bad Alchemy Nr 11
1988, Cass, Comp, C45, Bad Alchemy, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Jazz-Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Wally Shoup
Alabama Duets
1987, Cass, Not On Label (Wally Shoup Self-released)
Various
Vario
1986, LP, Moers Music, ,
, Free Improvisation
Various
Wer Mit Wem?
1986, Box + 2xCass, Comp, C60, Calypso Now, 
,
, Industrial/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Toner (5), Return From Earth
Toner / Return From Earth
1986, Cass, C90, Trans Museq
Various
Night Blooming Voices
1986, Cass, Album, C90, Trans Museq, ,
, Free Improvisation
Jim Willet
Cement
1986, Cass, Album, C90, Trans Museq
Primitons
Primitons
1985
Wally Shoup
Alto Sax Improvisations
1984
Eugene Chadbourne
Solo History
1982, Cass, Parachute, Parachutist Tapes
Free Music Communion
Ham Days
1981, LP, Fremuco Records
Lesli Dalaba - Wayne Horvitz, Polly Bradfield
Trumpet Songs And Dances ( Solos & Duets )
1979, LP, Album, Parachute
Eugene Chadbourne
2000 Statues And The English Channel
1979, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Eugene Chadbourne / John Zorn
School
1978, 2xLP, Album, Parachute, ,
, Free Improvisation
The Blue Denim Deals Without The Arms
'Armed Forces' Day
1978, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Say Day-Bew Records
Andrea Centazzo
U.S.A. Concerts
1978, Vinyl, ,
, Free Improvisation
Ron 'Pate's Debonairs
Raudelunas 'Pataphysical Revue
1975
Valentina Ponomareva*, Sergey Letov*
Collected Works
CDr, Album, Pentagramma
Various
The Complete 1996 Tora Tora Tora Festival Recordings
2020, 40xFile, MP3, Comp, RE, 320, Karl Schmidt Verlag,
Experimental/Free Improvisation/Art Rock/Avantgarde/Drone/Lo-Fi/Musique Concrète/No Wave
Various
Tarot Or Aorta: Memories Of A Pre Festival
2003, CD, Comp, The Smack Shire, ,
, Abstract/Art Rock/Avant-garde Jazz/Avantgarde/Drone/Experimental/Free Improvisation/IDM/Krautrock/Lo-Fi/Musique Concrète/No Wave/Stoner Rock
Various
Ice Cream Festival - July 5, 1997
1997, CD, Comp, Old Gold
Various
Dice 2 [She Says]
1996, CD, Album, Ishtar Records
Various
Muckraker #6
1995, 7", S/Sided, EP, Comp, Giardia, ,
, Free Improvisation/Experimental
Various
RRR-LO2
1989, 7", EP, Comp, RRRecords, LowLife (2), ,
, Noise/Experimental
Various
Inter/Play 33
Cass, Inter/Play, ,
, Experimental/Contemporary
Various
Inter/Play 6
Cass, Inter/Play