Paul Smith
Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader
United States • 1922-04-17 – 2013-06-29
Biography
Paul Thatcher Smith (April 17, 1922 – June 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist. He performed in various genres of jazz, most typically bebop, but is best known as an accompanist of singers, especially Ella Fitzgerald.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
97 releases · 30 albums · active 1966–2025
- Other credits · 64
- Performance · 35
- Production · 7
- Engineering · 4
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · Pathé Studios Milan · The Voces8 Centre, London · Westside Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Cranes
- Governor's State University Jazz Band
- Simply Red
- D.B.M. & T.
- Nigel Kennedy
- Renato Carosone
- The Violinaires
- Dido






