About Daniel Ian Smith
Daniel Ian Smith is a jazz composer, saxophonist, flutist, performer and educator with over 25 years of experience. He is an Associate Professor at the acclaimed Berklee College of Music in Boston where he has taught for over 15 years.
Smith is in demand as a clinician, guest soloist, and lecturer with appearances throughout the United States, Japan, Germany, Canada, Mexico and England. In 1992, he founded Big and Phat Jazz Productions to serve as the production company for his Jazz in the Sanctuary Concert Series, an independent record label and his ensembles and touring projects. He has released 5 recordings to date on his label and has appeared on over 20 recordings as a guest artist. The recordings and performances by his ensemble The New World Jazz Composers Octet have received rave reviews in DownBeat, JazzTimes, Cadence and All About Jazz magazines. This group is gearing up for its 3rd CD to be released in spring of 2011 along with performances in Boston, Mexico and Chile slated for 2011.
Performing Groups
Smith currently leads several of his own ensembles including:
• The New World Jazz Composers Octet
• Charles Bubeck/Daniel Ian Smith Quintet
• TREE-OH
• A Collective Directive
• The Big and Phat Jazz Orchestra
With these groups and others, Smith has recorded over 25 albums. For a selected discography, visit http://www.danieliansmith.com/discography/
Jazz in the Sanctuary Concert Series
Smith is the founder/artistic director of the Jazz in the Sanctuary Concert Series in Brookline, MA which has produced over 85 concerts in the last 11 years. Featured performers have included internationally known musicians such as Paul Bley, Marty Ehrlich, Joel Harrison, Bob Moses, Lewis Porter, Steve Slagle, Jack Walrath, Tim Ray, Bob Gullotti and Mick Goodrick.
Festivals/Venues/TV & Radio Appearances
Performances throughout Mexico, Germany, Japan, England, United States and Canada:
Festival JAZZUV guest artist/lecturer in 2009 and 2010 with performances throughout Xalapa and Veracruz, Mexico. University of Veracruz, Guest director of the 2010 Festival Jazz Orchestra, B Flat and Schlot Jazz Clubs (Berlin), Yokohama Port Festival, Phoenix Jazz Festival, Rag Live Spot, Lady Jane, The Pit Inn-Roppongi, The Pit Inn-Tokyo, New Combo, Big Apple, Pan School of Music, Koyo Conservatory, NHK Radio, Kansai Television (Japan) Ruislip Jazz Club, The Rhythm Station, Watermill Jazz Club,
The Bulls Head Inn Jazz Club, Spike’s Place, Oxford Public Television (England),
Carnegie Hall, Blues Alley, Symphony Hall in Boston, MA, Scullers Jazz Club, Regattabar, The Real Deal Jazz Club, Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Foxwoods Casino, Providence Performing Arts Center Winthrop Jazz Festival, RISD Museum, Colby College, Lyndon State University, Augustana University, Discover Jazz Festival, University of Maine at Augusta, Equinox Music Festival, The Hatch Shell on the Boston Esplanade, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Boston University, Berklee Performance Center, Jordan Hall, Visiones Jazz Club, Sanders Theatre, IAJE Convention, South Shore Jazz Festival, Harvard University, M.I.T., Cambridge Public Library, The Ethical Society, Ithaca College, Cornell University, Cortland State College, Emmanuel Church, 1st & 2nd Church, Museum of Our National Heritage, WERS, NPR, WGBH Radio, PBS Television, Annenberg Foundation/Discovery Channel, Southeast District Jazz Orchestra Guest Director-Attleboro, MA,
Performance Highlights
Smith has performed with an impressive list of musicians/groups including:
Jazz
Arturo Sandoval, Claudio Roditi, Ron Carter, Terri Lynn Carrington, Maria Schneider, Jack Walrath, Ray Drummond, Pablo Ablanedo Octet, John Lewis, Eddie Gomez, Nir Felder, Dave Samuels, Osmany Paredes, Pernell Saturnino, Jason Palmer, Franciso Mela, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Greg Abate, Steve Gadd, Abe Laboriel, Jamey Haddad, Rob Mounsey, Rebecca Paris, Fred Ho, Lewis Porter, Marty Ehrlich, George Masso, Harold Jones, Cecil Bridgewater, Gary Valente, Bill Pierce, Ken Filliano, Bobby Shew, Clay Osborne, Pedro Ito, Phil Wilson, Steve Marcus, Michael Abene, Bruce Gertz, Joel Harrison, Michele Rosewoman, Shawnn Monteiro, Gray Sargent, Artie Shaw Orchestra, John Pierce, Tony Lee, Dave Green, Clark Tracy, Akikazu Nakamura, Kazumi Watanabe, Jun Saito, Kenwood Dennard, , Fernando Huergo, Kosei Uchida, Hiro Takada, Freedom Jazz Spirits (Kansai, Japan), Sergio Brandao and Manga Rosa, Eguie Castirillo, Oscar Stagnaro, Mark Walker, Alain Mallet, Sheila Jordan, Nando Michelin, John Allmark Jazz Orchestra, Harry James Orchestra, Steve Grismore, Bob Gullotti, John Lockwood, George Garzone, Steve Slagle, Tim Ray, Bobby Shew, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, JCA Saxophone Quartet, Kenny Hadley Big Band, White Heat Swing Orchestra, Duke Belaire Big Band, New England Conservatory Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Greg Hopkins Jazz Orchestra, the Bebop Guitars, Decahedron.
Classical
The Boston Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Composers in Red Sneakers, Jyoji Sawada, Arthur Welwood, Beth Denisch, Barbara Kolb, Tibor Pusztai, Julius Williams, Boston Saxophone Quartet (premiere of Don Hagar’s Blues Control, written for Daniel Ian Smith), ALEA III, NuClassix Composers Forum, New England Conservatory Contemporary Music Ensemble
Popular Artists
Gloria Estefan, Donna Summer, The Temptations, Herb Reed and the Platters, Patti Lupone, The O’Jays, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Johnny Mathis, Christine Andreas, Premiere of Irene’s Riff by Jon Lipsky for Musician and Actress, Joe Bargar and the Soul Providers, Soul Kitchen
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