Experience
Keyboards with Sweet Willie D, swing, gospel, Blues & Soul quintet, Boston, MA 2013
Jazz piano, keyboards and keys bass with Stan Johnson and Chops Turner, Boston, MA 2012-2013
Keyboards and Keys Bass with Conrad Warre & Bees Deluxe, blues-funk-rock trio, Boston, MA 2012-2013
Keyboards with Ernesto Lugo & Sabor Picante salsa/Latin band 2012-2013
Keyboards and Keyboard Bass with Jose Zayas and Fernanda Peirera, Worcester, MA 2012
Jazz piano and organ with Don Altobello Jazz Sextet, Boston, MA 2012-2013
Jazz piano with Richard Hale Shaw & Jazz Continuum, Boston MA  2012-2013
Jazz piano with Bopkick Jazz Quartet, Boston area 2009-2013
Keyboards and Keyboard Bass with Roderick Camelia, Latin Jazz Trio, Boston area 2007-2011
Street Jazz & Latin Jazz performances with Brad Smith Trio in Boston and surrounding areas 2008-2011
Keyboards for “Grupo Fantasia” Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cha Cha, Latin Jazz, Samba, Bossa Nova 2010
Accompanist for Diva Taunia, 2009-2011 at ThirtyOneMain Club, Stork Club, Boston Improv and MIT radio
Keyboardist / Accompanist for Chet Williamson, jazz and blues harmonica 2009-2010
Recording with bassist Alan Hirt 2009
Accompanist with vocalist Adam Pell, 2010 performances
Accompanist with Natalija Pavlovic, 2009-2010 performances at ThirtyOneMain Club and Stork Club
Keyboardist with Manchuka 10 piece funk dance Tower of Power cover band 2008-2010
Solo Jazz Piano and Bass duo with Mark Pucci, 2007-2009 at Saffron Bistro, Nashua, NH

Background
Working pianist, since 1975 age 13, when the band failed to show up at the restaurant where I washed dishes Cover/rock/funk/club band “Sneaker” gigged around northern Michigan, 1978-80
Pianist, recorded with Chris Bickley Big Band, “Gonna Fly Now” in IMF – Ambisonic format 1981
First two Berklee years, studied with Dick Odgren, Mike Marra, Alex Elin, Bob Winter, Jeff Covell
Started apprenticeship with Tom Sheehan, as piano technician at Berklee, 1981
Performed, wrote & arranged for Michigan jazz sextet, Equinox and singer Robin Lee Berry 1982-1983
Instructor, Jazz Piano & Improvisation, Northwestern Michigan College 1983
Last two years at Berklee 1984-1985 Jazz trio with Sky Elobar, bass and Marcello Pelletieri, drums, Boston, MA 1984-1985 Music Therapist with blind and autistic savant, Toren Hall, Mass Assoc. for the Blind 198585
Solo, duo, trio & quartet jazz performances in Boston clubs 1982-1993
Jazz quartet with Mike Piepman, trumpet performed at Ryles, 1369 Club, Willow Jazz Club, 1985-198787
Cruise ship house band pianist, with New Orleans trumpeter Jamil Sharif, Premiere Cruise Lines 1988
Cruise ship house band pianist, Princess Cruise Lines, Star Princess 1989
House pianist, Ritz Hotel and other major Boston hotels, for Curtis International Agency, Boston, MA 1988-1992
Street performing, recording & NYC performances with French singer, Gary Innocent 1986-1989
Pianist with Alphonse Villalong & The Cabaret Rose, 1989-1991 Regatta Bar, Cambridge, MA
Recorded CD with Alphonso Villalonga – The Cabaret Rose, “At The Edge”, Blue Jay Studios, Carlisle, MA 1991
Recorded with Berklee faculty bassist Jim Stinnett and singer Simone Waddel, on CD “Take My Love” 1996
Performed with
Stan Mark, Bruce Dunlap, Jamey Haddad, Skip Hadden, Jack Dryden, John Abercrombie, Donny McCaslin, Tim Hagans, Bill Mobley, Ian Froman, Mark Pucci, Gene Jackson, Marcello Pelletieri, Alphonso Villalonga, Matt Wilson, Bob Nieske, David Clark, Jim Stinnett, Ratso Harris, Jamil Sharif, Jan Shapiro, Conrad Warre, Stan Johnson.

Recordings
Bees Deluxe "Live Evil" recorded at an undisclosed Boston area venue 2013
Simone Waddel “Take My Love” Independent 1996
Alphonso Villalonga & The Cabaret Rose, “At The Edge” Independent 1991
Trio: Brad Smith, Mark Greel, Mark Pucci “Scullers” 1989
Gary Innocent, “French Ballads” 1986
Chris Bickley Reef Petroleum Big Band, “Gonna Fly Now” IMF – Ambisonic format 1981

Teaching
Developed an organic method for teaching jazz piano, combining basic elements of melody/rhythm/harmony to develop a student’s unique style starting with their existing relationship with music, based on the Spiral Education Model.

Education
Classical piano with Dr. George Mulder, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan 1973-1977
B.A. Degree Piano Performance, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, 1985
Master class and private lessons with pianist Ken Werner, Boston, MA 1984
Private instruction in Jazz Improvisation with Charlie Banacos, Boston, MA 1988-1990
Jazz piano and improvisation with Mike Marra, Boston, MA 1984-1985
Classical Piano & Weight Technique with Kathy Rand, Boston Conservatory, 1987-1989

Linksks
www.SmithPiano.com
www.MySpace.com/bradsmithpiano
www.YouTube.com/bradsmithpiano