SML doesn’t play songs live, per se. They don’t run their so-called hits, joints, or jawns for the masses.

To find SML’s beginnings, you have to go back to ETA, a cocktail bar in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The space opened in 2016, thanks to the work of James Bygrave, Ryan Julio, and ...

At a March Seattle gig, SML generated three epic improvisations of subtle groove science (the second piece even evoked the funky swagger of Average White Band’s “Schoolboy Crush”) and galvanic ...

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We've been in a jazzy mood lately here at World Cafe. We've welcomed a number of groove architects into our studio, like Tom Skinner, Christian McBride and Nate Smith, to name a few. Today, we're ...