Concert: Pete Smith

Pete Smith is a New York City-based guitarist (and H.W. Longfellow descendant) who performs in a wide range of musical settings.  As a founding member of Grupo los Santos (Santos4tet), a vanguard Afro-Cuban and Brazilian-style quartet, he has played New York’s Town Hall and concerts throughout the U.S., Cuba & Austria. He has performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival and Montreal Jazz Festival, as well as concerts in thirty countries throughout Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked with Norah Jones, trumpeter Donald Byrd, Cuban trombone master Juan Pablo Torres, Andrew Hill, Kat Edmonson, Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, the Moonlighters, Madeline Peyroux, Natalie Merchant and Huun-Huur-Tu, and is a member of Michael Feinstein’s Carnegie Hall Big Band. In 2023 he traveled to Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) as a member of the band Opius Bliss—as cultural ambassadors for the US Embassy—to perform for and teach, play and dialogue with local musicians in Kinshasa and Kisangani. 2023 also saw the release of Santos4tet's 4th album "Santos 4".  In 2024, Santos4tet was the recipient of a JazzRoad Touring Grant from SouthArts, funded by the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation, which supported their 5-city tour of the Sountheast.  Pete will be recording a new album with bassist Sean Smith (The Smith Duo) in 2025.

Fees

This event is free to attend.

Location

Latitude and Longitude 42.376962, -71.126381

Schedule

Event Type

• Partner Program
• Performance