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Richard Smith
Richard Smith's eleven solo recordings have established him as a veteran of the contemporary jazz world – with critical success on every one of his releases. His albums have garnished praise such as “Best Contemporary Jazz Guitar Album” (Tune Up Magazine), a nomination for “Record of the Year” (Ad Lib Magazine, Tokyo), and “Best New Artist” (Radio & Records Magazine). His album 'SOuLIDIFIED' spent 17 weeks in the top 10 for radio airplay of American contemporary jazz radio (Radio and Records Magazine) and 3 weeks at number 1 for satellite and cable airplay (Music Choice).
His most recent recording, “One World, Two Guitars” is an exciting duo project with Italian virtuoso Francesco Buzzurro – the duo tours regularly in America and the Mediterranean. ‘L.A. CHILLHARMONIC’ features Alex Acuna, Brian Bromberg, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff Lorber, Eric Marienthal, Michael Paulo, Greg Adams, and the Tower of Power horn section. The touring ensemble won a nomination for best International group of the year from the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards.
Richard is also Full Professor and former Chair of the Studio/Jazz Guitar department at the renowned Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is also a member of the new Popular Music Performance Studies faculty at USC, the first of it’s kind at the conservatory level.
His students are working from Broadway and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, to the such luminaries as Oliver Stone, B.T., Mark Anthony, Snoop Dog, Blink 182, Beck, The Back Street Boys, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Elton John, Clay Aiken, Christina Aguilera, Miley Cyrus, Drake Bell, Michael Bolton, Bono, the Edge and Madonna.
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