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Rock, Pop, Folk and World
A.k.a. Neal Smith
Performed as a member of The Kabalas, The Metrolites, Morricone Youth, as well as guest sessions with Einstein's Sister, The Parish Festival, The Oliver Twists and others. Career highlights include live performances with Dizzy Gillespie (1984), Bernard Allison (1988), Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty (1989), Jim Schwall (1989), Louie Bellson (in big bands and small groups from 1994 to 2008), Buddy DeFranco (1995), Clark Terry (1995), Alex Chilton & The Box Tops (1997 and 1998), The Temptations (1998, 1999 and 2006), Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (1998), The Marvellettes (1998), Garrett Morris from the original "Saturday Night Live" cast (2000), Chuck Loeb (2004), Paul Asaro (2006), Randy Napoleon (2007), and featured as a soloist with Debby Boone and the Quad City Symphony (2013). Between 2009 and early 2013, spent time at sea playing alto and tenor sax, flute and clarinet on the Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Silhouette, and the RMS Queen Mary 2, taking a year-long break in 2011 to work with the Queens-based film soundtrack ensemble known as Morricone Youth. Currently performing as a freelance saxophonist and engaged in private jazz saxophone instruction in the Quad City area.
The Kabalas |
The Metrolites |