Audio and Video Samples
Video Samples
Here's amateur video of a Roger Smith solo from an August 2007 show at the Cain Park Amphitheatre in Cleveland, Ohio:
Below: Roger Smith and Tower of Power recently collaborated with Poncho Sanchez for his latest CD, "Do It." Roger recorded at this session just two weeks after his surgery for prostate cancer. Check it out!
Below: This impromptu amateur video of Roger Smith was shot on June 20, 2006 following sound check in Louisville, Kentucky. Courtesy of MySpace.com.
Below: Roger Smith travels through the Netherlands with his Jazz Rosco buddy David Garibaldi, in the "Crow's Nest" aboard the Tour Bus enroute to Germany.
Below: Drummer extraordinaire David Garibaldi gets in a little practice with Roger Smith in this June 20, 2006 amateur video clip.
Below: See Roger Smith in a special appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in July 2006 with Tower of Power, Carlos
Santana, and Chester Thompson in this video of "What Is Hip."
Awesome!
Courtesy of YouTube.com.
Below: Roger Smith with Tower of Power, Carlos Santana,
and fellow
keyboardist Chester
Thompson performing "Knock Yourself Out" at the 2006
Montreux Jazz Festival
in Switzerland. Two of the best keyboardists in the business,
together on the same stage at the same time.
WOW!
Courtesy of
YouTube.com.
Below: Roger Smith with Tower of Power at the May 2003
CD release party for "Oakland's Own in the Oakland Zone"
at the Village Underground in New York, performing "Give Me Your Love." Some nice footage of Roger during the bridge! Courtesy of
YouTube.com.
Audio Samples
You can hear samples of any of the tracks on the Jazz Rosco
CD by clicking the links below. These are MP3 files that
open automatically when you click the link. Enjoy!
Track Information
CD Length: 48:45
1. Good
Question (0:45 sample)
2. Ray-O's Bounce (0:45 sample)
3. All About You (1:00 sample)
4. Preface to Insanity (0:45 sample)
5. Five Alive (0:45 sample)
6. Sloppy Joe's (0:45 sample)
7. Cape Town Jump (0:45 sample)
8. Armadillo Race (0:45 sample)
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2008 Sittin' In CD Now Available!
We are excited to share with you audio clips from Roger's new CD released on June 6, 2008, Sittin' In. The following MP3 files are all 30-45 seconds in length, each around 580-600K. Terrific stuff! Enjoy!
1. Party Up
2. Can You Stand The Rain
3. Come and Talk to Me
4. D-Man's Groove
5. Fiesta
6. Me Out
7. Bad Sneakers
8. Ain't No Lie
9. Searchin'
10. Sittin' In
11. Thinkin' 'Bout You
12. Just Friends
13. Music is Love
14. Isn't It Love?
All audio samples are from Roger Smith's CDs.
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