| Member Since | 9/8/2007 | | Band Website | www.myspace.com/halsmithmusic | | Band Members | Kim Cusack, Anita Thomas, Carl Sonny Leyland, Marty Eggers, Clint Baker, Ray Skjelbred, Katie Cavera, Marc Caparone, Johnny G. D'Artenay, Gino Meregillano, Sue Palmer, John Gill, Rebecca Kilgore, Georgia Korba, Mike Baird, Howard Miyata, June Smith, Albert Alva, Chris Dawson, Bryan Shaw, Steve Wright, Matt Weiner, Chris Tyle and others!
I am a regular with the Butch Thompson Trio, Carl Sonny Leyland Trio, Gino and the Lone Gunmen, Ray Skjelbred and his Cubs, the Yerba Buena Stompers and the Hi-Lo Playboys. Occasionally I play with the Grand Dominion Jazz Band, Banu Gibson and New Orleans Hot Jazz, Climax Jazz Band, Bob Schulz's Frisco Jazz Band and bluesmen James Harman, Billy Watson and Robin Henkel.
| | Influences | DRUMMERS!!! Sid Catlett, Dave Tough, Jo Jones, Vic Berton, Zutty Singleton, Nick Fatool, Ben Pollack, Ray Bauduc, Gene Krupa, Morey Feld, Stan King, Monte Mountjoy, Johnny Cuviello, Smokey Dacus, J.M. Van Eaton, W.S. Holland, Dickie Harrell, Ronnie Tutt, D.J. Fontana, Earl Palmer.
Am also a huge fan of CLARINET stylists Pee Wee Russell, Lester Young, Frank Teschemacher, Frank Chace, Darnell Howard, Omer Simeon, Bob Helm and pianists Earl Hines, Jess Stacy, Joe Sullivan.
| | Sounds Like | Me | | Record Label | Komodo, Jazzology, Black Rattler, Stomp Off... | | Type of Label | Indie |
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