In addition to his 5 British Blues Foundation nominations, 'Best UK Blues Keyboardist' Daniel was nominated Jools Holland-presented 'Boisdale London : Best Boogie Woogie Pianist of the Year' 2017. YT> The DS BLUES BAND & ALAN GLEN play 'You & Me' at The Hideaway, London Great musicians that Daniel has had the privilege of playing &/or recording with include : 1) ALBUM RELEASES 18 albums ! See his 'SHOP' & YouTube albums (below)! Standard boogie-woogie numbers (‘Swanee River Boogie’ etc) and blues are combined with his own compositions into an entertainingly presented repertoire underscored with a dry understated wit.' 'Daniel Smith.is seen.as the preeminent player in Britain. 'Daniel Smith is a musician with a great future in front of him… he moves with an easy fluency… his CD has nine stupendous numbers, all his own compositions… he has the ability to compose magnificent pieces - the product of a fine musical sensibility.'Ħ) ' THE STORY OF BOOGIE-WOOGIE: A LEFT-HAND LIKE GOD' (Peter J Sylvester) UK YT> The DS BLUES BAND & JOHN BURGESS play 'Chicken & Egg' at Edinburgh Ĥ) GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER UK 'Dazzlingly accomplished boogie woogie and blues piano.'

a serious challenger to Jools Holland as the UK's number 1.'ģ) BLUES REVIEW USA ' For jump blues, look no further than The Daniel Smith Blues Band.' 'The world's greatest Anglo-Scottish-Dutch-Indonesian boogie pianist.

YT> The DS BLUES BAND & ALAN BARNES play 'Keys To The Highway' Keys To The Highway is a very, very fine album.' 'When Dan iel Smith releases an album, it's always a good thing. He also teaches English online, having taught in 8 countries, in what was his original career! He receives extensive radio airplay, is writing a new album for 2022 and continues to empower via his piano instruction! During Lockdown, he released his 3 YT albums, one featuring internationally renowned Alan Barnes (sax). Now, back based in hometown Dollar, Scotland (after 4 years in Andalusia, Spain) Daniel is developing educational YouTube resources. His mother's Dutch-Indonesian family's jazz piano roots going back to 1930s Jakarta! His English father (& prolific artist) was a fan of Ammons, Yancy & Jerry Lee. LOWDOWN: This Scottish pianist/vocalist has form. NEWS:See TUITION for instruction updates try this YouTube TUTORIALS visit the SHOPfor available albums & discography check the three YT albums, ( bottom of this page !) and why not sign up for his online blues piano tuition ? Get in touch for input! Daniel Smith: blues & boogie pianist, teacher, composer, vocalist, band-leader.

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