Nate Smith – NATE SMITH (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Smith was born in Chesapeake, Virginia, and started playing drums at age 11, initially influenced by rock and funk music. At 16, he developed an interest in jazz after listening to Album of the Year by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Smith studied media art and design at James Madison University. While at James Madison, he performed at the Conference of the International Association for Jazz Education in Atlanta, where he met Betty Carter, who invited him to joint performances at the Blue Note in New York City. Smith went to graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he met Dave Holland and joined Holland’s quintet in 2003. Smith appears on the albums Critical Mass (2005) and Pathways (2009). In 2017, he released his first album as leader, Kinfolk: Postcards from Everywhere on Ropeadope Records. In 2018 Smith cowrote and performed in the self-titled, debut EP release from the Vulfpeck spin-off group ‘The Fearless Flyers’, later going on a US tour with the group and releasing a second such EP in 2019.

Tracklist:
1-1. Nate Smith – If I Could Stop Loving You (03:26)
1-2. Nate Smith – Alright, Alright, Alright (02:40)
1-3. Nate Smith – One Good Girl (02:59)
1-4. Nate Smith – Back At It Again (03:03)
1-5. Nate Smith – You Ain’t Been In Love (03:09)
1-6. Nate Smith – Better Boy (02:55)
1-7. Nate Smith – You Only Want Me When You’re Drunk (02:56)
1-8. Nate Smith – Bad Memory (02:55)
1-9. Nate Smith – Oil Spot (03:50)
1-10. Nate Smith – Wreckage (03:32)
1-11. Nate Smith – LFG (02:36)
1-12. Nate Smith – Whiskey On You (03:03)
1-13. Nate Smith – You Shouldn’t Have To (02:47)
1-14. Nate Smith – Sleeve (04:21)
1-15. Nate Smith – I Found You (03:26)
1-16. Nate Smith – Backseat (03:02)
1-17. Nate Smith – Name Storms After (03:15)
1-18. Nate Smith – Raised Up (03:21)
1-19. Nate Smith – Under My Skin (02:58)
1-20. Nate Smith – I Don’t Wanna Go To Heaven (03:21)