DRAYTON
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Drayton is a group of 3 neighbors from Drayton avenue in Toronto. Gord Mowat on bass, Dan Monich on drums and Tony Smith on guitar. We recorded this album in Nicola's basement in a house on Drayton . No overdubs or editing is used for this recording because the spirit of this project was to just play live and see what happens.
Tony Smith Guitarist
Tony studied music at Humber College and then played in and around Toronto for about 10 years ,most notably as a member of George Oliver's Gangbusters .The desire to relocate to Europe saw him move to London, England. Tony joined Noel Mcalla's soul band and several jazz and fusion ensembles. At that time there were some great studios in town (which include home studios) and one of them asked Tony to come and make a record. In fact, he recorded 6 albums .The jazz /funk great Roy Ayers asked him to join his European/American lineup. That group toured Europe ,Japan, Australia and beyond .Tony then left London for France where he wrote and recorded some more albums. Now back in Toronto, Tony nas formed an exciting jazz trio called Drayton . All music can be streamed on bandcamp and Spotify etc. Click on the Music button below to listen !
Sometimes I produce ! Tony Ivan Ohara's album 'Harder Times' was recorded in my studio, live with a few overdubs. Gord Mowat on drums, Adrian Thornton-Mark on drums, Treasa Levasseur on piano and me on guitar. Tony is a great blues singer and composer . Check him out !
https://www.tonyivanoharamusic.com/