Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic.

About Me

A multi-instrumental lyricist who combines classic hip-hop, jazz, soul, funk, and various other forms of ethnic music to create spontaneous compositions of high quality....Inspired and influenced by legendary masters such as John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, and Thelonious Monk, trumpeter Dashill Smith has become a staple in Atlanta's music scene; touted as one of the top musicians amongst his peers. Possessing a powerful and bold sound on his horn, he is very comfortable with performing in multiple genres such as traditional jazz, be-bop, hard-bop, soul, funk, hip-hop,and blues among others. Performing professionally for over ten years, he has shared stages with Jazz greats such as Roy Hargrove, David Sanchez, Russell Gunn, Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, and Steve Turre.., just to name a few. Also a hip-hop artist, vocalist/Lyricist Dashill possesses an amazing stage presence that has captivated many an audience. As an M.C. he is known for his beyond excellent free-styling ability and his boundless energy! In Atlanta he is a regular at some of Atlanta's best music venues such as, the Five spot, Churchill Grounds, The Apache Cafe.., Sugar Hill, and The Harlem Bar. He is an Alumni of the world renowned Theatrical outfit, Freddie Hendricks youth Ensemble of Atlanta. He is a co-leader of the critically acclaimed hip-hop band "Phace Oricalz", which already has a large devote following in Atlanta. He is the lead vocalist and horn section leader of The Common Ground Collective; an electrifying Afro-beat/Soul band also out of Atlanta. Dashill has performed in many cities around the U.S. and has graced stages in The Netherlands, London, Belgium, and Ghana. In Spring of 2008 he plans on releasing a solo jazz-hip-hop influenced album tentatively entitled "Bass-Lines, Fist-Picks, And Pickett Signs"; an ode to music and spirit of the decade in which he was born...
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My Interests

High levels of Music from across the planet. I'm a baby of the hip-hop generation. So that's what dominates my blood flow. Otherwise I'm heavy into Jazz. Be-Bop, Hard-bop, Avant guard. Brazilian Music. Classic Black Soul music. Rock. Some Punk. Reggae. Electronica. Drum & Bass.

I'd like to meet:

Tibetan Monks...

Music:

Lets just say... If It's good shit, I either have it, know about it, or I am listening to it right now... :)In other words... Way too much to mention. But For starters,John Coltrane, Mcoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk,Charlie Parker, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Ornett Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Booker Little, Lee Morgan, Nicolas Payton, Woody Shaw Roy Hargrove. Herbie Hancock, My Friends Russell Gunn, Kebbi Williams, Kinah Boto, Anton Harris. My Brothers Phace Oricalz. (Moh Green and Ebone-Rrain...De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Common, Slick Rick, Nas, Rakim, KRS One, Salt 'n' Pepa, Queen Latifah, Public Enemy, N.W.A, GangStarr, Jungle Brothers, Big Daddy Kane, RUN DMC, Kurtis Blow, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Ottis Redding, James Brown (Long Live the Godfather...) , Chaka Kahn, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Minnie Ripperton, Flora Purim, Sarah Vauhn, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, The Emotions, The Jones Girls, Milton Nassimento, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson... Generally all pioneers that made it possible for me to do what I do...

Movies:

Documentaries about baseball, (I.E. The Ken Burns Masterpeice.) Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrells, Tombstone, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill (Both of em), Jackie Brown, Malcom X, Do The Right Thing, Girl 6,Mo Better Blues, Woman in a Blue Dress, Crush Groovin', Taledega Nights, Sweetback's Baaaadass Song, Superfly, Foxy Brown, Sheba Baby, Coffy, Hotel Rwanda, Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smokin' Barrells... And Battlefield Earth.(A great movie to laugh at because it's so dammmmed awful!!!) And Anything that Bruce Lee starred in. I'm also into mad Martial Arts Films... Sonny Chiba, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Tony Ja, Donny Yen, Gordon Liu, and any Tsui Hark film.

Television:

Some Old School classics... And some new :)

Books:

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neal Hurston)... Miles Davis' Autobiography, "Maybe I'll pitch Forever" (Leroy Satchel Paige) "Miracle Man" (Autobiography of Nolan Ryan)"Ascension. John Coltrane and His Quest"...

Heroes:

My Hall of fame: (Just a few of my heros....) Moms and Pops (Not Yet Pictured.)

My Blog

Dash’s Top Ten Lists....

So, Since I'm a sports/music/Old-School pop-culture fanatic, I'm going to begin Compiling a weekly "Top-Ten" list of various specific subjects, which may include "Greatest Female R&B Vocalists" or...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:37:00 PST

Night of The Living Masters

Febuary 29th... (Leap year day)Phace Oricalz and Common Ground collective ended the month of Febuary off with a special kind of performance. Phace Oricalz (My Brothers and I) began the night with a ce...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:49:00 PST

R.I.P to My Third Grand Mother

This weekend I lost a woman who was largely responsible for me being a musician and a Die-hard N.Y. Mets fan... Her name is Retha Ford. She was in essence a second mother to my own mother and an...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:22:00 PST

Remembering 07

So I've compiled a top list of personal and news worthy moments of '07'. Here goes.20. ASHLAND, KY August 13 (A true story) Police say Kasey Kazee entered Shamrock Liquors and attempted to rob the sto...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:14:00 PST

Music Article from Ghana about The Comon Ground Collective

This year's independence celebration was obviously very different and very extravagant. For some reason a lot of the free concerts didn't exactly kick, even with 'big name' artists on the bill. Last W...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:11:00 PST

Beginning December...

The first two days of this final month of '07' have been a prerequisite to the beautiful things that I know are to come the rest of the month. Friday I had an extrodinary evening performing with both ...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:46:00 PST

The Saga Continues... 120 Minutes Of Weather...

120 Minutes of Weather. (The six month masterpiece/ Birth of the Vegetation People)!!!!!!On the same day that we finished "The tape that Remains to be seen", we began the album that would later become...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:54:00 PST

Top 10 Worst jobs to have in Action Movies...

Hollywood has many standards: obligatory nipple shots, keeping michael bay employed for some reason, preventing Asians from being in movies and most importantly having well defined action film formula...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:58:00 PST

Who are Phace Oricalz

Who Are Phace Oricalz? Current mood: contemplative Category: Life For over 16 years, the friendship and the brotherhood of Phace Oricalz has withstood nearly countless amounts of recourses, and setb...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:18:00 PST

The Saga of The Sages (The Making of Webstaz...)

Websta's (The first wonder of the world). !!!!!! In ...
Posted by Dashill = The Mid-Day Classic. on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:53:00 PST