Researched musician profile
About Matt Smiley
The University of Colorado identifies Smiley as a bassist, composer, educator, and jazz-studies lecturer. Its profile documents his Colorado teaching role and a MacDowell fellowship focused on composition.[1]
Smiley’s artist Bandcamp distinguishes ensemble albums, solo bass, and the releases For, Forever, and Binnen Buiten. Denver performance archives add leader projects without conflating them with his sideman appearances.[2][3]
MacDowell composition work
The university profile records a fellowship devoted to Smiley’s compositional development.[1]
Solo and ensemble bass
The artist catalog separates solo work from several group recordings.[2]
Colorado teaching
The faculty biography documents jazz-bass and composition education.[1]