Arecio Smith

Arecio Smith is a Barcelona keyboardist, vocalist, arranger, and band musician whose projects connect funk, soul, jazz fusion, and electronic grooves.

KeyboardsPianoVocalsArranger10 current shows

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Career Overview

About Arecio Smith

Nord's artist biography places Smith in Spain's funk and fusion scene through Fundación Tony Manero, La Kinky Beat, Phat Fred, Astrio, and Flow Fanatics. The source documents keyboards as his central instrument while the Clarence Bekker Band's live album also credits him with backing vocals.[1][2]

Smith's recorded work moves between band identities rather than a single leader catalog. Nord connects him to Looking for la Fiesta, Made in Barna, and Do Not Spoil the Soup; Live at Jamboree Barcelona documents his keyboard and vocal role in Clarence Bekker's resident Barcelona band.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Keyboardist and member

Astrio

Nord identifies Astrio as one of Smith's principal projects and documents the trio's appearances at Sónar, Cruïlla, Vic Jazz Festival, and Nordlys Festival.[1]

Keyboardist

Fundación Tony Manero and La Kinky Beat

The Nord biography connects Smith to recordings and touring with both Barcelona-rooted groups while keeping their respective albums distinct.[1]

Keyboardist and backing vocalist

Clarence Bekker Band

Jazz Activist's live-album personnel documents Smith in Bekker's Barcelona ensemble on keyboards and backing vocals.[2]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2001 · Virgin

Looking for la Fiesta

Keyboardist with Fundación Tony Manero

Nord's artist biography identifies the album in Smith's Fundación Tony Manero recording history.[1]

Release details

2005 · Kasba Music

Made in Barna

Keyboardist with La Kinky Beat

The artist profile documents Smith's recording and European touring work around La Kinky Beat's Barcelona-made album.[1]

Release details

2024 · Jazz Activist

Live at Jamboree Barcelona

Keyboards and backing vocals with Clarence Bekker Band

Recorded at Jamboree in 2023, the live album credits Smith throughout the band led by vocalist Clarence Bekker.[2]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Arecio Smith on Apple Music

Hear Smith's available artist and featured recordings through his reconciled platform catalog.

Live at Jamboree Barcelona

Open the label's live-album page for full personnel and purchase information from Smith's Clarence Bekker Band work.

Jamboree · Barcelona

Show details

Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

[1] Keyboard artist biography, groups, and recordings
Nord Keyboards
[2] Live at Jamboree release and band personnel
Jazz Activist