James Smith

Trumpeter Adam Smith is an associate of reggae large Burning up Spear’s horn section, affectionately referred to as the Burning up Brass. His compatriots within this aggregation consist of fellow trumpeter Chico Chin in addition to saxophonist Howard Messam. These players could be sampled doing his thing on recordings like the superb Reside in Paris editions and a Burning up Spear established taped on the 2001 Montreux Jazz Festival. Smith’s profession also contains playing tempo and blues. He documented with the fantastic vocalist Solomon Burke, once again a live established with the place this time among the Home of Blues franchises. If background could be discerned from discographical data, the trumpeter appears to have started out within the tempo and blues field, monitoring in the ’70s for Atlantic documenting performers including Esther Phillips.