Fraser Smith has spent the last decade and a half establishing himself on the London jazz scene. With a focus on swing and the straight ahead, he channels the sound and language of the big Tenor men.
His music harkens back to the Golden ages of jazz, from 40's Kansas City through to 60's New York.
TIPTOP! (Ubuntu Music, 2023) amassed 1.3 million plays and saw the band tour extensively. Hot on the success of his second album Fraser is due to release his much anticipated third album LIFELINE! in 2025.
Very much a working musician, Fraser plays between 250-300 gigs a year. He has led his own band at Ronnie Scott's, Pizza Express Live, The Southbank Centre, The Vortex, The 606, Peggy'sSkylight, Jazz Bar Edinburgh, The Verdict, JazzUp!, Swansea Jazz Land, The Green Note, The Bebop Club, New Generation Jazz, Snape Maltings, and Crazy Coq's to mention just a very small handful of past gigs. He has played London, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Swansea, Brecon, Bahrain, Guadalajara and Beijing jazz festivals and regularly performs on the continent with a variety of bands and projects.
'A talent to watch'
Jazzwise
'On stage, the musicianship is off the scale' -
The Guardian
'Nonchalantly confident and very hard swinging' -
John Fordham, London Jazz News
'Original tunes which take the virtues of 50s and 60s hard bop and soul jazz and infuse them with a youthful enthusiasm born of the 21st century.'
Ian Mann - Jazz Man
'An 'All Star' Outfit '
David Freeman - Jazz FM
'Smith wallows in that funky Gene Ammons/Ike Quebec sound'
Lance Liddle - Bebop spoken here
'Really sunny album, uplifting, full of the joy of living'
Adult Music Podcast
