Terry Smith (May 20, 1943, London) is a British jazz guitarist. Twice winner of the British Melody Maker Music Polls, he spent the early 60s playing with the Tony Lee Trio, until he became Scott Walker's musical director and accompanied the Walker Bros. on their Japan tour in 1968. Returning to the UK, and following the recording of a solo album, Fall Out (1968), produced by Scott Walker, and backed by some of the most prestigious UK-based jazz musicians of the day (Kenny Wheeler, Les Condon, Ronnie Ross, Ronnie Stephenson, Gordon Beck, Ron Mathewson, Chris Karan, and Ray Warleigh), he went on to join US soul singer J.J. Jackson's Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land, with whom he recorded two LPs: J.J. Jackson's Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land (1969) and J.J. Jackson's Dilemma (1970). May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ... Tony Lee (born Anthony Leedham Lee, July 23, 1934 in Whitechapel, London, died March 9, 2004) was a British jazz pianist who played with the likes of Tommy Whittle, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Barney Kessel, Sonny Stitt, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Terry Smith, Tubby Hayes, Dick Morrissey and legendary UK drummer... Scott Walker is the stage name of the American singer-songwriter (born Noel Scott Engel, 9 January 1943, in Hamilton, Ohio). ... The Walker Brothers is a 1960s and 1970s rock band, founded by three Californians, who ultimately found their fame and fortune in the UK, rather than their homeland. ... Scott Walker can refer to more than one person: Scott Walker (singer) (born 1943), singer Scott Walker (politician) (born 1967), county executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Scott Walker (boxer) (1969-2004), boxer Scott Walker (hockey player) (born 1973), professional hockey player Scott Walker (the ultimate beast) (born 1983), professional degen... Kenny Wheeler (born 14th January 1930, Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian composer trumpet and flugelhorn player, based since the 1950s in the UK. Most of his output is rooted in jazz, but he has also been active in free improvisation and rock music. ... Ronnie Stephenson (January 26th 1937, Sunderland, United Kingdom - August 8th 2002) was a british jazz drummer. ... Gordon James Beck (born September 16, 1936 in Brixton, London) is a largely self-taught jazz pianist who left a career in engineering for jazz. ... Chris Karan (born October 14, 1939 [1]) is a jazz percussionist, primarily a drummer, of Greek descent from Melbourne. ... Jerome Louis J.J. Jackson is a soul/R&B singer (belter), songwriter and arranger. ...

In 1969, he teamed up with sax players Dick Morrissey and Dave Quincy, also members of Jackson's band, to form the pioneeering British jazz-rock group IF. Around that time he also appeared with Dick Morrissey and many other top British jazz musicians on Brother Jack McDuff's Blue Note recording To Seek a New Home (1970). Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... If (1st album) (1970) IF was a Jazz-Rock band formed in Britain at the end of the 60s and especially active in the early 1970s. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Brother Jack McDuff (September 17, 1926 - January 23, 2001) was a jazz organist and bandleader prominent during the soul jazz era of the 1960s. ... In jazz and blues notes added to the major scale for expressive quality, loosely defined by musicians to be an alteration to a scale or chord that makes it sound like the blues. ...

Smith went on to record four albums with IF's original line-up, as well as touring the US and Europe extensively. Following IF's demise, and after a brief spell in another British band, Zzebra, also with Dave Quincy, Terry Smith returned to more jazz-inspired music and is still (as of October 2006) active on the UK jazz circuit.