Born in 1975, Nick Smart graduated with distinction from Salford University in 1997 where he was awarded the Malcolm Arnold Prize for the most outstanding trumpet player. He then went on to complete the Guildhall postgraduate jazz course studying with Gerard Presencer and Noel Langley.

Nick is in demand as a trumpeter and performs a wide variety of styles. His work in pop/rock music, including Spiritualizoed, has taken him on tour through the U.S.A. and Canada, Europe, Japan and various radio and television performances including Later with Jools Holland, Top of the Pops, The Cut with Jo Whiley, The Jonathon Ross show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from Hollywood. He has played with many visiting international salsa artists and has performed with the Lady Salsa show on a tour of Taiwan, as well as concerts in Istanbul, Portugal, Spain and Dubai with a variety of salsa bands.

Nick has been increasingly involved in jazz education. He originally set up the Bedford SMMS jazz department and Camden Schools Jazz Ensemble and is now on the faculty of the Middlesex University jazz course, Colchester Institute and the Royal Academy of Music. He has given masterclasses at LIPA, Leeds College of Music, the International Association of the Schools of Jazz workshop '98 and is on the team of training-day presenters for the new Associated Board Jazz Horns syllabus.

He is also a tutor on the Wavendon Stables, Burnley and Glamorgan jazz summer schools and recently established, and is head of the new Junior Royal Academy jazz course. He continues to be heavily involved in the jazz scene as a performer in both small groups and big bands, playing with bands including the Stan Sulzmann Big Band, the London Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Jamaica All Stars, Bert Kaempfort orchestra, Glenn Miller UK, the Andy Prior Big Band and the BBC Big Band.

His own projects are an exciting collaboration with Producer Nick Mailing working under the name Black Eyed Dog. The debut album, "Remembering Nick Drake", is due out later this year. He is also part of a new trio featuring Dave Hassell on Drums and Hans Koller on Fender Rhode, the first album is being recorded in 2005.

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