Henri Smith New Orleans Friends and Flavours - featuring Ben S on piano , John Loud on drums, Rick Maida on bass, Scott Shetler on saxophone and Henri Smith as vocalist.
Henri has been thrilling audiences in his hometown of New Orleans, the birthplace of Jazz, with his sophisticated and dramatic vocal delivery of Jazz, Blues and Cajun flavored music and now the Boston area. Henri grew up listening to Neville Brothers and Papa French rehearsing in the back yard next door. He embraces everyone’s musicianship. He has performed with Charles Neville, Kermit Ruffins, Donald Harrison, Jr., Jason Marsalis, Wendell Brunious, Tuba Fats,
Cecil Brook III, Charles Burchell, Amadee Castenell and Stanton Davis.
You can listen to a sample of Henri’s tunes on gimmesound.