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Patrick Smith is a freelance musician and teacher based in Toronto (originally from Ottawa). He has studied with Mike Murley, Kelly Jefferson and the acclaimed American saxophonist Mark Shim.

He has established himself as a gifted and in demand saxophonist in the Canadian music scene. In recent years he has extensively toured Canada, the US and Europe with Legends of Motown (featuring Michael Dunston and Gary Beals), My Son The Hurricane and Chelsea Mcbride’s Socialist Night School, and Forever Seger. In Spring 2019 he appeared with the Hitmen Drumline at the NBA Finals Home Games at Scotiabank Arena. He has performed alongside such jazz legends as Juini Booth (former bassist of McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) and Terry Clarke (former drummer of Jim Hall, Oscar Peterson).

He keeps an active freelance schedule in Toronto appearing with bands like Dee Dee and the Dirty Martinis, Eighth Street Orchestra, Dan Pitt Quintet, Erez Zobary, Queen Pepper, Kazdoura, Shout The Band and Heavyweights Brass Band, An active bandleader, in 2018 Patrick released his debut album of original music entitled “Still Searching” with his jazz quintet. He currently leads the Patrick Smith Quintet and the Patrick Smith Standards Band which regularly perform at Toronto venues such as The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, The Emmet Ray and other GTA venues. In fall 2017 Patrick spent 6 weeks in Copenhagen, Denmark performing with the Danish drummer and cymbal craftsman Lasse Funch, culminating in a performance at the renowned Christiania Jazzklub

He has recently released two singles featuring his band 3-Oh with Chris Banks and Lowell Whitty.
He is currently working on mixing the debut EP of his new project Pangea which draws inspiration from Arabic music, jazz, afrobeat and the spirit of John Coltrane.