Pete Smith

Pete Smith is a New York City-based guitarist whose talent and spirit have brought him around the world. He has performed professionally for 15 years, and is exceptional at entertaining at events as wide-ranging as jazz lounges, rock venues, corporate events, and wedding receptions. As a founding member of Grupo los Santos, he has played New York’s Town Hall as well as concerts throughout both the U.S. and Cuba.

For the last 10 years, Pete has been a member of bassist Phil Bowler’s band Pocket Jungle, performing at the New Haven and Hartford jazz festivals, among other area venues. He has worked with Norah Jones, trumpeter Donald Byrd, Cuban trombone master Juan Pablo Torres, Andrew Hill, Steve Davis, Bill Charlap, Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos, Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, the Moonlighters and Madeline Peyroux.

Pete’s recording credits include Juan Pablo Torres’s BMG release Together Again, featuring Arturro Sandoval and Chucho Valdes (Feb 2001), NYC pianist Kerry Pollitzers Yearning on CAP Records (Feb 2001), Todd Londagin’s Introducing Todd Londagin on Artists Only! Records (Apr 2003), Paul Carlon’s Looking Up (Oct 1999), and Grupo los Santos’s Noches En El Taller (Aug. 2000) and Cruzando el Mar (Jul 2003).

Two film credits are both with Grupo los Santos: Cómo se forma una rumba/How to Create a Rumba by Ivan Acosta (Cuba/USA, 2001, video; 73m), which was shown at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center as part of Latin Beat 2001 and Latido Latino, a documentary about Latin music in New York City broadcast on Spanish television.

Corporate Events include: Tag Heuer Watches, UBS Warburg, Smith Barney, Shearson Lehman, Colin Cowey Events, Regis and Cathy Lee cast parties, Vanity Fair Oscars Party in LA, Microsoft International Convention in New Orleans' Super Dome.

As a performer, Pete’s elegance, taste, and talent make him the perfect choice to perform at any special event.