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American percussionist
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Biography
Introduction
Kester "Smitty" Smith is an American percussionist. He is the drummer for the Taj Mahal Trio and has collaborated with jazz, blues and world musicians. He has performed with and alongside Taj Mahal for over forty years. He has recorded music with Taj Mahal, Geoff Muldaur, Peter Rowan, Cedella Booker, Morgan Freeman, Ellen McIlwaine, Mary Coughlan and Pinetop Perkins.
Selected discography
- Taj Mahal, Mo' Roots, Columbia Records, 1974.
- Taj Mahalm Music Fuh Ya' (Musica Para Tu)
- Taj Mahal, Big Blues: Live at Ronnie Scott, Silverline Records, 1991
- Taj Mahal, Mule Bone, Gramavision, 1991
- Geoff Muldaur, Secret Handshake, HighTone Records, 1998
- Taj Mahal, Sugar Mama Blues, Just a Memory Records, 2004
- Taj Mahal, Maestro, Telarc, 2008
- "Mo' Roots". Dead Disc. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- "Taj Mahal - Big Blues: Live at Ronnie Scott Audio CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- "Taj Mahal - Mule Bone Audio CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- "Secret Handshake". Dead Disc. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- "Taj Mahal - Sugar Mama Blues Audio CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- "Maestro". CD Universe. Retrieved 6 January 2013.