Marc Smason & Better World

Trombonist/vocalist/composer, Marc Smason learned, from his mother, to sing as a young child in Texas and studied classical and jazz trombone in Seattle and Los Angeles with Ken Cloud, Stu Dempster, Julian Priester & Slide Hampton. Voice with Jay Clayton (jazz), Yo Jin Chong (Korean) & Ki Wasitodipuro (Javanese). He has performed around the world with such luminaries as Big Joe Turner, the Funk Brothers, Andy Statman, Perry Robinson, Sam Shepard, Julian Priester, Sonny Simmons, Hadley Caliman, Jeff Johnson, Eyvind Kang, Marc Graham, Baby Gramps and the Ivar's Clams. His playing encompasses many styles including jazz, latin, free improv, klezmer and R&B.