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Nick Smith - Saxophone

is on another 1,000 mile weekend. Live the dream.
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Released: 1 Jan 2008
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  • Genre: Blues / Jazz / Soul

    Location Poole, Un

    Profile Views: 13198

    Last Login: 28/01/2012

    Member Since 14/09/2006

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNheG5pay5jb20=

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    * TAKE UP THE SAXOPHONE *.... Nick now provides lessons online via Skype - please ..CLICK HERE.. to contact Nick..... Nick Smith is a seasoned professional with over ten years' performance experience, in that time being lucky enough to work with artists as varied as great American trumpeter Bobby Shew, 80's comedy legends Cannon and Ball, British multiple jazz award winner Alan Barnes, Big Band frontman and 'professional nephew' John Miller, soul legends Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Sheffield star ascendent Richard Hawley, Big Band singer Lee Gibson, and Bernie Clifton and his Ostrich. Nick is available for concerts, events, weddings, parties, theatre shows and other engagements on a freelance basis, as well as teaching the saxophone..... To make enquiries or bookings, please contact him through this Space, or visit www.saxnik.com Nick is a multi-instrumentalist, playing tenor, baritone, alto and soprano saxes, plus clarinet, bass clarinet and flute. Nick's main influences are Big Band players like the great Johnny Hodges, through Marshall Royal, Lockjaw Davis, Pepper Adams, Eric Dolphy and Joe Henderson to contemporary players like Denis DiBlasio, Ronnie Cuber and the amazing, sadly departed Michael Brecker. He also enjoys playing funk and blues - major influences here being Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, Bob James, and Maceo Parker. Nick is currently touring nationally and internationally with the revered theatre show Jake & Elwood, paying tribute to the Blues Brothers in a theatre near you soon! He is also the leader of Mulligan Soup, a piano-less quartet playing cool jazz in the style of the famous Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker collaborations of the 1950's. ..In addition to this, he regularly performs with many other groups around the country, including .. - Small Jazz Groups duos, trios, quartets and quintets such as Impressions, and Mad Dog and the Sophisticats - Big Bands including the New Squadronaires, the Nottingham Jazz Orchestra, the Kings of Swing Orchestra, the Nick Ross Orchestra, the Henley Farrell Big Band, the Sizzlers Swing Orchestra, and the Steve King Big Band - Function Bands such as Souled Out 2 Funk, Paul Barry and his Big Band, Cloud9 and MonkHouse - Musical Theatre Bands most recently "The Wizard of Oz" at Nottingham Playhouse, and "Fame!" at Loughborough Town Hall - Saxophone ensembles such as Plural Sax, and the Staffs Sax quartet, - and Other Tribute Acts such as the Sounds of the Blues Brothers, Elvis in Concert and The Conmitments
  • Members

    ..Mulligan Soup:...... Baritone Sax: Nick Smith.. Trumpet: Benny Lee.. Double Bass: John Porter.. Drums: Stevie Smith.
  • Influences

    All music influences me in some way.......
  • Sounds Like

    Nick thinks he's getting towards the sounds of King Curtis, Sonny Rollins, and maybe Tubby Hayes. Well, he looks a bit like Tubby Hayes anyway. .. Jimmy James sounds like a Seventies Soul Sensation - he did then and he still does now! Mulligan Soup sound a lot like the famous Gerry Mulligan quartets of the 1950's - dilligently transcribed arrangements from the famous West Coast Jazz style. In fact, you're probably listening to them now!.. For more information visit ..mulligansoup.com...

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  • DC Fontana

    No problemo Nick :) Hope you are well :)

    All the best

    Mark

    2 years ago
  • Finn Peters

    thanks nick!

    2 years ago
  • SHPLAX

     L’album des SHPLAX vient de sortir !

    (Laurent Richard , Hervé Saillard ,Patrice Foudon ,
    Rodolphe Guillard ,Jean Michel Pirollet :Sax,
    Patrick Chastel :Drums, Louis Rouffineau :Machines)

    Il est désormais disponible. Mais attention, pas sur 33 tours, ni sur cassettes,
     ni même sur CD mais sur une clé USB dernière génération !

    Pour la voir et  l’acheter c’est par ici http://www.shplax.com/wp/shop/


    2 years ago
  • 2 years ago
  • DON DONNELLY

    Don Donnelly semi finalist UK Song Writing Contest 2009 " Thats what love is to me " jazz vocal , available to listen to . Thanks for the add

    2 years ago
  • Massimo Sammi

    Thanks a lot and talk soon! Massi

    2 years ago
  • Karen Lake

    Hi Nick


    I love your grooving avatar! Everytime I go onto my MySpace you're always rocking out to whatever music I've got on! Sometimes it even sounds like a piano...;)

    Hope you're well and deservedly getting loadsa juicy gigs!

    Kx

    2 years ago
  • Michael Gray

    Hello....haven't seen you in a while. Enjoying life?Mike

    2 years ago
  • GROOVER

    Hi Nick, Thanks for the add, much appreciated. Like the tracks you have on the page

     

    ** NEW SINGLE DEEP RELEASED ON THE 14th OF SEPTEMBER 2009 **

    www.indiestore.7digital.com/groovearthrecords

    2 years ago
  • Roberto Rebufello Fiello

    ...I'm a bit late but...
    thank you very much for the add!
    Ciao,
    Fiello.

    2 years ago
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Bio:

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* TAKE UP THE SAXOPHONE *
Nick now provides lessons online via Skype - please CLICK HERE to contact Nick.

Nick Smith is a seasoned professional with over ten years' performance experience, in that time being lucky enough to work with artists as varied as great American trumpeter Bobby Shew, British multiple jazz award winner Alan Barnes, Big Band frontman and 'professional nephew' John Miller, soul legends Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Sheffield star ascendent Richard Hawley, Big Band singer Lee Gibson, and Bernie Clifton and his Ostrich.

Nick is available for concerts, events, weddings, parties, theatre shows and other engagements on a freelance basis, as well as teaching the saxophone.

To make enquiries or bookings, please contact him through this Space,
or CLICK HERE TO VISIT NICK'S WEBSITE.

He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing tenor, baritone, alto and soprano saxes, plus clarinet, bass clarinet and flute.

Nick's main influences are Big Band players like the great Johnny Hodges, through Marshall Royal, Lockjaw Davis, Pepper Adams, Eric Dolphy and Joe Henderson to contemporary players like Denis DiBlasio, Ronnie Cuber and the amazing, sadly departed Michael Brecker.

He also enjoys playing funk and blues - major influences here being Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, Bob James, and Maceo Parker.

Nick is currently touring nationally and internationally with the revered theatre show Jake & Elwood, paying tribute to the Blues Brothers in a theatre near you soon!
Here's a taster of the show, live in Israel at Frederic R Mann Auditorium (aka Hechel Ha'Tarbut)...


He is also the leader of Mulligan Soup, a piano-less quartet playing cool jazz in the style of the famous Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker collaborations of the 1950's.
In addition to this, he regularly performs with many other groups around the country, including
Small Jazz Groups
duos, trios, quartets and quintets such as Impressions, and Mad Dog and the Sophisticats
Big Bands
including the New Squadronaires, the Nottingham Jazz Orchestra, the Kings of Swing Orchestra, the Nick Ross Orchestra, the Henley Farrell Big Band, the Sizzlers Swing Orchestra, and the Steve King Big Band,
Function Bands
such as Souled Out 2 Funk, Paul Barry and his Big Band, Cloud9 and MonkHouse,
Musical Theatre Bands
most recently "The Producers" at Nottingham Playhouse, and "Hello, Dolly!" at Loughborough Town Hall,
Saxophone ensembles
such as Plural Sax, the Staffs Sax quartet and Consensio Saxophone Quartet,
and Other Tribute Acts
such as the Sounds of the Blues Brothers, Elvis in Concert and The Conmitments.


Here is some footage from 2008 of Nick playing and soloing with the Steve King Big Band in Birmingham - you might want to skip to about 4m30s...


Member Since:

September 14, 2006

Members:

Mulligan Soup:

Baritone Sax: Nick Smith
Trumpet: Benny Lee
Double Bass: John Porter
Drums: Stevie Smith



Nick also appears with the Henley Farrell Big Band.
Here are a few pics of the band's recent concert in Torbay with sax and clarinet virtuoso Alan Barnes:

Influences:

Anything that makes me happy, or grumpy.



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All music influences me in some way...

I also like Alan Barnes' playing - here's some archive footage of the gig we did with him in 2007...


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Finally - I'm a fan of jazz in all its forms:



Sounds Like:

Nick thinks he's getting towards the sounds of King Curtis, Sonny Rollins, and maybe Tubby Hayes. Well, he looks a bit like Tubby Hayes anyway.



Jake & Elwood sound like the Blues Brothers - as close as they can get. We're big in Poland you know (almost as good as being big in Japan!).

Mulligan Soup sound a lot like the famous Gerry Mulligan quartets of the 1950's - dilligently transcribed arrangements from the famous West Coast Jazz style. In fact, you're probably listening to them now!
For more information visit mulligansoup.com.

Record Label:

"independent"

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