Carlton Jumel Smith & the Whole Thing
About This Event
Carlton Jumel Smith brings his project Carlton Jumel Smith & the Whole Thing to The Bitter End, with Smith fronting a group that emphasizes interplay over showmanship. Their set moves between guitar-driven rock and pop structures, rooted in retro-soul phrasing and grooves with touches of acid jazz, jazz-funk and fusion-adjacent arrangement. Smith's recent trajectory includes the 2020 Soul Seeders release Make It Happen and later collaborations that steered his work toward a band format.
About the Artists
Carlton Jumel Smith & the Whole Thing
Carlton Jumel Smith fronts a rock/pop project billed as Carlton Jumel Smith & the Whole Thing, drawing on retro-soul instincts within a band format. In New York City, the group appears at The Bitter End, a room that favors direct musicianship and close listening.
Carlton Jumel Smith
In 2020, the release of the album "Make It Happen" by The Soul Seeders and a Parisian Carlton concert canceled for health reasons led to a virtual meeting and discussions related to soul music. The desire to create together was immediate. In 2022 Carlton collaborated...
the Whole Thing
the Whole Thing is a group heard in New York City settings such as The Bitter End, where they’ve appeared alongside Carlton Jumel Smith under the billing “Carlton Jumel Smith & the Whole Thing.” Though often framed in a Rock/Pop context, their recorded footprint also points toward acid jazz, jazz-funk, and fusion-adjacent grooves.