Smith Dobson

Jazz musician Smith Dobson was a renowned pianist within the South Bay section of California. Dobson originally received his understanding of music at a age group via his mom, who sang and trained him tranquility (his dad was also musical, playing piano and accordion). After going to San Francisco Condition College or university and the College or university from the Pacific, Dobson honed his piano abilities operating the Nevada internet casino circuit. In 1967, Dobson became a member of the Airmen of Take note (a USA Air Force music group) that was the official White colored House Jazz Music group, as he documented with famous brands Cannonball and Nat Adderley, Joe Move, Arthur Prysock, Clark Terry, Joe Williams, and Nancy Wilson. Dobson after that returned back, where he either performed for or documented with such performers as Woody Shaw, Bud Shank, Frank Rosolino, Freddie Hubbard, Pharaoh Sanders, Joe Henderson, Artwork Pepper, Richie Cole, Eddie Jefferson, Tag Murphy, and Bobby Hutcherson. In 1981, Dobson founded what would continue to be San Jose, CA’s, most effective and longest-running annual jazz concerts, the Jazz Series at Backyard City, where he distributed the stage with Stan Getz, Toots Thielmans, and Natural herb Ellis, among numerous others. Dobson also performed by himself, within a trio (which made an appearance in the Monterey Jazz Event from 1984 through 1993), and alongside his wife, jazz vocalist Gail Dobson. Furthermore to showing up on several albums by additional performers, Dobson also released his personal albums — 1986’s Smithzonian, 1988’s Live at Backyard Town, and Sasha Bossa — and in 1995, he was the presented pianist on arranger Ray Brown’s recording, Impressions of Stage Lobos. Dobson also discovered time to train music to others in the University or college of California (Santa Cruz) and San Jose Condition University or college (where he helped type the 1st San Jose Summer time Jazz Camp), and in addition offered on such music planks because the San Jose Jazz Culture, the Stanford Jazz Alliance, as well as the Kuumbwa Jazz Middle. On Apr 20, 2001, Smith Dobson was tragically wiped out in an automobile crash while traveling house from a overall performance.