Jay Smith Group channel logo Jay Smith Group
  • Custom URL: @jaysmithtrio
  • Country: United States 🇺🇸
  • Description language: English

  • YouTube channel type
  • Audience: 2.33K
  • Video Views: 314.33K
  • # videos: 178
  • Estimated Earnings: $78 - $1.26K
  • Category: Jazz Music
  • Date Created: 2007-10-06
  • Date Updated: 2024-06-07
Audience activity: 134
Views per video: 1.76K
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Called a "fixture in the Central Valley" (NPR), Jay Smith has had a wide variety of talent flow through his band.  From jazz fusion to pop, the band has channeled a wide spectrum of musical genres to stay working and relevant.  He is an Alum of California State University Bakersfield and Fresno City College where he earned his Bachelors of Arts and Associates of Arts Degree.   He has opened up for groups and musicians as Carl Saunders, Poncho Sanchez, Jeff Coffin, Allan Holdsworth, Malo, Ozomatli, Clayton Cameron, and worked with Kelulu, Mento Buru, The Fresno Philharmonic, Andre Bush, Mike Dana, Velorio, and Patrick Contreras to name a few. His current projects include Mento Buru which was voted best band of 2018 by Bakersfield Magazine and The Jay Smith Trio/Group which features a variety of players including Cesareo Garasa, Paul Perez, Jay Jay Hicks, Fernando Montoya, Steve Eisen, and Patrick Contreras to name a few. #piano #pianist #bakersfield #jazz #jazzvideo #jaysmithgroup