Phone-in Interview with of Adam Smale, November 23, 2014, wit ParadoxRadio.com host, TMill.

Adam Smale Radio Interview

Fun City

"This song illustrates what I felt like when I first moved to NYC. Full of optimism and positive energy."

This song is from Adam Smale's release, Out of the Blue.

01 New Start

"Some Blues make you feel sad. Some Blues make you feel good. This Blues make you feel happy!"

This song is from Adam Smale's release, Out of the Blue.

02 Blues to Yous

These song are from Adam Smale's soon to be released CD, Out of the Blue.

03 Yes or No

"What happens when you combine Jazz & Flamenco? Two very different music styles."

This song is from Adam Smale's release, Out of the Blue.

04 Jazzenco

"Picture yourself driving down a country road late at night. It's very dark.You're driving a little too fast. All you see is the trees on each side of the road and the tunnel effect of the headlights carving its way through the thick, black, humid, late-summer evening. The "tunnel" walls are whipping past you. At the very moment you begin to take it all in, this song starts playing on the vehicle's stereo."

This song is from Adam Smale's release, Out of the Blue.

05 Night Drive

06 She Knows Me

07 Autumn Confirmation

"A love affair in New York? Or a love of New York City itself? Or both? You decide!"

This song is from Adam Smale's release, Out of the Blue.

08 NYC Love Affair

09 Original Sin

In the classic tradition of the jazz masters, guitarist/composer Adam Smale tells stories with his music. His “pen” is a personally designed 7-string guitar, wielded with both virtuosity and creativity. His tales are woven from his rich imagination stoked by a wide variety of musical influences and his latest CD,
Out of the Blue fully attests to his compelling artistry. It’s his first CD since the release of his critically acclaimed Canadian release, Fun City.

Born in 1967 in a small working class community in Northern Ontario, Adam’s musical journey been at
the age of 7 when, inspired by Country and Bluegrass styles he began playing guitar. By the age of 12 he was a professional, performing in clubs, bars, community events, weddings and private parties until he left for Humber College.

During these formative years, the young guitarist immersed himself in a wide variety of musical
influences, but it wasn’t until his college years that he discovered jazz, and his path took a profound turn. Rather than abandoning his roots - or his earlier influences like Chet Atkins, Albert Lee, Eddie Van Halen, Flatt & Scruggs – Adam began to forge a new direction for himself in the classic tradition of true jazz expression. Discovering a goldmine of jazz guitar masters, including Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Tal Farlow, Jim Hall, and John Scofield, along with Charlie Parker and Bill Evans, a new world of possibilities opened up for him.

But it was the music of the legendary Lenny Breau that had the greatest impact, not only in the direction of his music, but in the physical means by which he would choose to express it. Returning to the thumb-pick of his early years to employ a fingerstyle technique, Adam found his sound. To complete the process, Adam designed his own 7-string guitars and now primarily uses his specially built electric and classical guitar as his two instruments of choice.

In 1992, Smale’s public career began in earnest. Covering all genres from country to Latin, Jazz to
World, over the next 15 years Adam performed all over the world, including South America, India and the Middle East, as well as numerous cross-Canadian tours. Based in Toronto, he performed consistently with his own trio and quartet featuring outstanding Canadian musicians (sometimes including renowned bassist and drummer Don Thompson and Terry Clarke) and was a regular presence at the acclaimed Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, and was featured at the prestigious
Grand Prix du Jazz at the 2002 Montreal Jazz Festival. 
In 1996 Adam co-founded the experimental ensemble Camarillo, which performed together until 2007.

The educational realm is an important part of Adam’s focus. He has conducted master classes and seminars throughout the U.S. and Canada for Guitar Workshop Plus and the National Guitar Workshop. He received his Masters Degree in Jazz Performance from Western Michigan University in 2009.

That same year Adam moved to New York City where he is now focusing primarily on his quartet. He
is currently arranging to tour behind the release of Out of the Blue, ready to establish his own place in
the forefront of today’s guitar masters.
For more information, visit adamsmale-jazz.com

Adam has written, and self-published a book for guitarists, New Approach to Scales for Guitarists: A Practical Modern Direction, that he feels will change the way guitarists organize, and how they think and implement music scales on guitar. The book is available in a print version as well as several eBook versions for most popular tablets and devices today. Visit NewApproachToScales.com for more information.




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