Brian Smith (New Zealand musician)
Brian Smith (born 3 January 1939 in Wellington)[1] is a retired New Zealand jazz saxophonist and flautist.[2]
Life and career
Smith studied piano in his youth but was primarily an
Pacific Eardrum in 1975-76 and Paz
in 1976.
In 1982, Smith returned to New Zealand, where he began playing with his own quartet.Frank Gibson, Jr. later in the 1980s and was based out of Auckland. His Moonlight Sax albums were chart successes in New Zealand.
Discography
- Southern Excursions (Ode Records (New Zealand), 1984)
- Moonlight Sax (Ode, 1990)
- Moonlight Sax 2 (Ode, 1991)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Brian Smith Retires". Radio New Zealand. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- Grove Jazzonline.
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