Patrick Smith
Words Underlined

out: December 12, 2025 on LitSoc Records (CD/DL)
genres: jazz


PATRICK SMITH:  www.patricksmithsax.com
featuring: Dan Pitt | Lowell Whitty
LIT SOC RECORDS: litsocrecords.bandcamp.com 
SELLERS & NEWEL: sellersandneweljazzandblues.myshopify.com

Lit Soc is the brand-new imprint of beloved Toronto bookstore/ concert venue Sellers & Newell. Their first discographical entry is Words Underlined a diverse yet pensive trio record led by saxophonist and composer Patrick Smith and featuring two other gifted young locals—guitarist Dan Pitt (of Arid Landscapes and Dan Pitt Quintet) and drummer Lowell Whitty (collaborator to Karen Ng, Kevin Breit, Robin Hatch, Leland Whitty (BADBADNOTGOOD), and Jane Bunnett). The record showcases these gifted musicians’ open-ended vision of jazz as well as their nimble, spontaneous musicianship.  Featuring a blend of Smith’s original compositions and fully improvised group and solo pieces, the material serves up everything from energetic post-bop to intimate ballads, electronics-tinted ambient works to tense, exploratory fusion. 

COVERAGE:
List — Upcoming Releases, Tinnitist
List — Albums en ribambelle – décembre 2025, Culture Jazz
List/ News — Kerry Doole, New & Upcoming Album Releases: David Vertesi Goes Acoustic, Bryan Adams Hosts a Holiday Jam, Billboard Canada
List/ News — Kerry Doole, New & Upcoming Album Releases: Kid Koala’s New Soundtrack, Tim Baker’s Expanded Holiday Album, Billboard Canada
List/ News — Darryl Sterdan, Next Week in Music | December 8-14 • The Long List: 280+ Releases On The Way, Tinnitist
List/ News — Steve Smith, For the Record: Dec. 12, 2025, Night After Night
News — Eksperiment
News — Viva Scene
News — GPoint Audio/ Jazz Press
Article — Emma Johnston-Wheeler, Why this Toronto bookstore is starting its own record label, TorontoToday
Review — Susan Frances, Jazz2Love
Review — Russell Trunk, Exclusive Magazine
Podcast — World Of Jazz 772
Round-up — Kerry Doole, Music News Digest: Alexisonfire To Release New Live Album, VELD Announces 2026 Lineup, Billboard Canada
Round-up — Kerry Doole, New & Upcoming Album Releases: Softcult Announce ‘When A Flower Doesn’t Grow,’ Clothesline From Hell Teases ‘Slather on the Honey’, Billboard Canada
Round-up — ALBUM ROUNDUP DECEMBER 2025, Silent Radio
Radio — Electric Sense, CIUT (December 24, 2025)
Radio — Serious Moonlight Sonatas with Carol, WFMU (December 21, 2025)
Radio — New Edge, WOMR (December 18, 2025)
Radio — The Jazz Disturbance (December 17, 2025)
Radio — New Edge, WMBR (December 16, 2025)
Radio — Humanoid Radio, CFRU (December 16, 2025)
Radio — Pushing The Envelope, WHUS (December 13, 2025)
Radio — Electric Sense, CIUT (December 11, 2025)
Radio — Journey Into Mystery with DJ Stealth, KMNO (December 11, 2025)
Radio — The Luminous Chord, KBRP (November 30, 2025)
Radio — Other Aspects, WAYO (November 30, 2025)
Radio — Soundspace, Spokane Public Radio (November 30, 2025)
Radio — The Luminous Chord, KBRP (November 26, 2025)
Radio — Roots and Fusion, Folk Friday Radio (November 26, 2025)
Radio — The Best of ‘Ital Soundz’, KCSB (November 23, 2025)
Radio — Hardly Strictly Americana, KCSB (November 23, 2025)
Radio — The Radio Is Broken with Rich In Washington, WFMU (November 21, 2025)
Radio — Jazz Today, CJSW (November 20, 2025)