Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Composer, Arranger.

 

Tim Smart is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, the Institute of Education, University of London, and the University of Greenwich. His playing career is enormously varied, taking in live and studio work with The Specials, Elbow, The Kooks, Prince Buster, Art Brut, Esser, Down To The Bone, The National Symphony Orchestra, the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, the Tom Richards Jazz Orchestra, King Salsa and the Bollywood Brass Band!

 

Recordings

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The Specials

The Kooks (Parlophone Records)

Prince Buster (Island Records)

The Go! Team (Memphis Industries)

Cathy Davey (Parlophone)

Down To The Bone (Shanachie Records / Swanky Records)

Pendulum (Breakbeat Kaos)

Esser (Warner)

Toploader (Sony S2)

The Heritage Orchestra (Brownswood Records)

Avenue A Ensemble (Weave Records)

Cheikh Lo (World Circuit)

the 747s (Ark Records)

the Tom Richards Jazz Orchestra (Candid Records)

Gwilym Simcock Big Band (BBC Radio 3)

Shanti Paul Jayasinha (Candid Records)

Kipper (Kipper Music)

YT (BBC / Sativa Records)

Robin Jones 5tet (Quinto Music)

London Trumpet Sound (Cala Records)

Bollywood Brass Band (EEA Records)

Mr Gone (Trumethod Records)

Afro Elements (Freestyle /Swanky Records)

Atar and the Funkadrome (D Records)

Royal Showdown (D Records)

Julian Bahula (Jabula Music)

IDMC Gospel

Chris Rambling’s PsychoYogi

Chris Warner

Sam Semple

Nima

The Beauty Room

Krupa

Butterfly Polite

 

Television

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Top of the Pops (with Prince Buster and Mint Royale)

Des and Mel, (with Chantz Powell)

Parkinson, (with Chantz Powell)

NME Awards (with Elbow)

Later on Jools Holland

Glastonbury

T in The Park

Oxegen festival (with The Specials)

 

Soundtracks

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Paul O’Grady show

film ‘Black Water Transit’ starring Laurence Fishburne

 

Gigs - Pop

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UK and International tour dates with iconic ska band The Specials

Prince Buster

Elbow

Esser

Art Brut

Mint Royale

Down To The Bone

Captive State

Royal Showdown

Mr Gone

Afro Elements

Chantz Powell

Atar and The Funkadrome

IDMC and Chris Rambling’s PsychoYogi

 

Gigs - Latin

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Robin Jones King Salsa (for whom Tim also is the Musical Director)

Salsa Dura

Jan Y Su Salsa

Cosa Latina

 

Gigs - World

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Classical Indian, African, Chinese, Israeli, Bhangra and Bollywood music as lead trombone for the Grand Union Orchestra, the Bollywood Brass Band, and Neshama.

 

Gigs - Big Band

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Gwilym Simcock Big Band

Tom Richards Jazz Orchestra

Syd Laurence Orchestra

Andy Prior Big Band

Glenn Miller France

State 51 Swing Orchestra

James O’Carroll Big Band

Jimmy Cannon Big Band

NYJO

Young Guns Big Band

 

Gigs - West End and touring musicals

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La Cage Aux Folles (Playhouse Theatre)

The Wizard of Oz (QEH)

Acorn Antiques (UK Tour)

Acorn Antiques (Haymarket Theatre)

42nd Street (UK Tour)

Annie (UK Tour)

Time’s Up (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)

Annie Get Your Gun (UK Tour)

 

Gigs - Classical

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National Symphony Orchestra

London Concert Orchestra

the Wallace Collection

the Avenue A Ensemble

Magdala Opera 

 

Arranging

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Arranger of horn and string parts:

The Kooks (Warchild Album, 2009)

Down To The Bone (Future Boogie, 2009)

Cathy Davey (Tales of Silversleeve, 2008)

Art Brut (Live Set)

Chris Sheldrick

the Wallace Collection

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Educational workshops

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Magdala Opera

the Grand Union Orchestra

the Education Group

Oxford Philomusica

Bollywood Brass Band

 

Teaching

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Blackheath Conservatoire

Fenland Music Academy

St Paul’s Cathedral School

Highgate School

Programme Leader and Musicianship Tutor for the British Academy of New Music, teaching at FE Levels 3 and 4

 

Tim currently holds a PGCE (FENTO) from the University of Greenwich, an MA in Music Education from the Institute of Education, University of London, and in addition to his busy playing career is also working towards a PhD in Music Education