Tommy Smith was born April 27, 1967 in Edinburgh, Scotland and grew up in Wester Hailes. Encouraged to lean the tenor saxophone from age 12, by sixteen he had a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee he formed his first group ”Forward Motion” with Laszlo Gardony, Ian Froman and Tene Gewelt and joined Gary Burton’s group.

During his tenure with Burton at age eighteen he toured and recorded “Whiz Kids”, worked in jazz groups and big bands, and has recorded and toured with world-renowned jazz musicians including Joe Lovano, David Liebman,…