Patrick Verne "Putter" Smith (born January 19, 1941) is an American
jazz bassist, music teacher, author, and actor.Smith was born in Bell,
California, and began playing the bass at the age of eight, inspired
by his older brother, jazz musician Carson Smith. He made his
performing debut aged 13 at the Compton Community Center.He went on to
perform with Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Billy
Eckstine, Diane Schuur, Lee Konitz, Bruce Forman, Jackie and Roy,
Carmen McRae, Gary Foster, Art Farmer, Blue Mitchell, Erroll Garner,
Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Alan Broadbent, Bob Brookmeyer, Diane
Schuur, Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Ray Charles, Patrice Rushen, Michael
Kanon, Jorge Rossi, Jimmy Wormworth, Mason Williams, Percy Faith, Burt
Bacharach, The Manhattan Transfer, and Johnny Mathis. He also works as
a session musician, and has played on recordings by Beck, Smokey
Hormel, Sonny and Cher, The Beach Boys, and The Righteous Brothers,
among many others.Smith has also taught at the Musician's Institute,
and at the California Institute of the Arts.
jazz bassist, music teacher, author, and actor.Smith was born in Bell,
California, and began playing the bass at the age of eight, inspired
by his older brother, jazz musician Carson Smith. He made his
performing debut aged 13 at the Compton Community Center.He went on to
perform with Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Billy
Eckstine, Diane Schuur, Lee Konitz, Bruce Forman, Jackie and Roy,
Carmen McRae, Gary Foster, Art Farmer, Blue Mitchell, Erroll Garner,
Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Alan Broadbent, Bob Brookmeyer, Diane
Schuur, Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Ray Charles, Patrice Rushen, Michael
Kanon, Jorge Rossi, Jimmy Wormworth, Mason Williams, Percy Faith, Burt
Bacharach, The Manhattan Transfer, and Johnny Mathis. He also works as
a session musician, and has played on recordings by Beck, Smokey
Hormel, Sonny and Cher, The Beach Boys, and The Righteous Brothers,
among many others.Smith has also taught at the Musician's Institute,
and at the California Institute of the Arts.
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