JOHN "JUBU" SMITH HAS BEEN A SESSION MUSICIAN FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER. / SINCE THE LATE EIGHTIES HIS SHADOW HAS BEEN PRESENT - AS A GUITARIST, BASSIST, PRODUCER, MIXER OR COMPOSER - IN ALMOST ONE HUNDRED R&B, SOUL, FUNK OR GOSPEL ALBUMS WHICH INCLUDE, TO NAME A FEW, GEORGE DUKE, ALICIA KEYS, LUTHER VANDROSS, MELVIN SEALS, MARIAH CAREY, THE GOSPEL HUMMINGBIRDS, GLADYS KNIGHT, DESTINY'S CHILD OR BOYZ II MAN. /  DURING THE 90'S HE WAS AS A GUITARIST IN THE ESSENTIAL OAKLAND BAND  TONY, TONI TOME!, PRESENT IN THE ALBUMS "SONS OF SOUL" (1993) AND "HOUSE OF MUSIC" (1996) , LATER  HE WAS ON TOUR WITH THE DIVA WITHNEY HOUSTON FOR TWO YEARS. / HE PLAYED WITH THE IMPERIAL SOUL SEEKERS WITH WHOM HE RECORDED THE ALBUMS "THE SOUL SEEKERS" (2005) AND "SOUL SEEKERS II" (2010) AND FINALLY HE FORMED WITH HIS BROTHER ERIC ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY AND HIDDEN SOUL BLUES BANDS IN RECENT FIFTEEN YEARS, LEGALLY BLYND, WITH TWO RELEASED ALBUMS TO DATE. / JOHN "JUBU" SMITH HAS RELEASED HIS FIRST ALBUM BY HIS OWN NAME, "JUBU", AN UNSURPASSED WORK IN WHICH THIS MAN'S GENIIALITY WITH A GUITAR IS SHOWN, A MUSICAL WORK OF HIGH CREATIVE AND INTERPRETATIVE LEVEL. /  INSPIRATION IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF THE TEN CUTS OF THE ALBUM, A COMPLETE ARTIST SHOWING THE LISTENER THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE GUITAR AS A CENTRAL INSTRUMENT TO CREATE MUSIC WITHOUT THE NEED TO BE CATALOGED, UPDATING A SOUND THAT REVALUES THE SOUL OF THE GREAT MOMENTS IN HISTORY . / SMITH IS A CURRENT AND MODERN MUSICIAN, HE PROFESSES AN ABSOLUTE COMMITMENT TO THE MUSICAL REALITY OF CONTEMPORARY ROOTS MUSIC AND WITH THIS ALBUM HE HAS OPENED A NEW WINDOW WHERE THE LIGHT OF THE BEST AND MOST SOLIDARY BLACK MUSIC WILL ENTER TO ENLIGHTEN THE MOST NEEDY SOULS.