Member Since: 7/30/2006
Band Website: lavaysmith.com
Band Members: Vocals-Lavay Smith; Piano-Chris Siebert; plus our favorite cats on the planet! Trumpet-Allen Smith, Bill Ortiz, Mike Olmos; Trombone-Danny Armstrong; Saxophone-Jules Broussard, Howard Wiley, Charles McNeal, Ron Stallings; Bass-David Ewell; Drums-Darrell Green. Plus All-Star Special Guests: Trumpet-Joel Behrman; Trombone: Marty Wehner, Mike Rinta; Saxophone-Herman Riley (LA), Rickey Woodard (LA), Matt Hong (NYC), Mark Hynes (NYC), Brad Leali (Lubbock, TX!!!), Pete Cornell, Joe Cohen; Bass-Marcus Shelby, Devin Hoff; Drums-Howard Wiley, Sly Randolph
Influences: Favorite Music: Jazz: Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Helen Humes, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Teri Thornton, Denise Perrier, Mary Stallings, Ledisi, Paula West, Carmen Gettit, Ingrid Lucia, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Al Hibbler, Eddie Jefferson; Blues: Johnny Otis, Big Mama Thornton, Koko Taylor; Gospel: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marie Knight, Mahalia Jackson, Dorothy Love Coates; R&B: Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Lauren Hill, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Alicia Keyes; Country: Patsy Cline
Sounds Like: All of your favorites: Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Helen Humes, Little Esther Phillips, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Illinois Jacquet, Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron, James Moody, Quincy Jones, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, Professor Longhair, and more..
Record Label: Fat Note Records
Type of Label: Indie