Lavay Smith

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Everybody's Talking 'Bout Miss Thing!

by Todd R. Brown
June 1, 2000

The follow-up to Lavay Smith's 1996 album “One Hot Mama" surely has been long anticipated by Bay area fans of the retro-lounge scene. But “Miss Thing" is much more than just another neo-swing blast of recycled past.Smith and the Skillet Lickers really turn up the soul on this album, and the litany of brass players make “Miss Thing" a considerable contemporary jazz album -- regardless of the kitschy reputation that hangs over many of today's big ...

Lavay Smith & Red Hot Skillet Lickers Perform Free Concert May 4

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2008

Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers will perform a free concert on Sunday, May 4, in Beverly Hills, Calif., the first in a series of three community events sponsored by the Playboy Jazz Festival. The event also will feature Grammy-nominated Latin jazz trumpeter-band leader Bobby Rodriguez and his salsa band.

The concert, presented in cooperation with the city of Beverly Hills, will be staged from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Civic Center Plaza, 450 N. ...
read more

Lavay Smith to Rock Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco: March 30 - April 1

Source: Rocket Words
March 29, 2007

Lavay Smith to Rock Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco: March 30-April 1

Sunday night show to feature All-Star horn line

The cheerful cyclone of swinging jazz that is Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers will be invading Jazz at Pearl's in the heart of San Francisco's historic North Beach District on Friday through Saturday, March 30-April 1.

Smith, of course, has been a huge star in swing circles for years, packing dance halls and concert venues week ...
read more