Certainly Jools Holland is the referent piano player in blues, rhythm and blues and boogie woogie British scene, besides running his own reputed television show in one of the BBC channels However, we now have the chance to discover a new piano player who also comes from United Kingdom and now lives in the south of Spain He is Daniel Smith, a musician with a great future ahead as can be easily realized if you listen to these two cd’s, which are number eighth and ten in his already extensive discography The first on one Once In A Blue Moon gathers eleven songs where he is backed by his British band Of the eleven cd tracks, six are Daniel’s own compositions and the rest versions of well-known piano players such as Honky Tonk Train Blues coming from Meade Lux Lewis, Can’t Stand Your Evil Ways by James Burke Oden, which became popular played by Otis Spann, Ain’t Nobody Business by Porter Grainger, Rock Me Baby by Jo Josea in collaboration with BB King and Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie by Clarence Pinetop Smith Daniel easily and comfortably moves along the whole album, perfectly supported by his effective clever band In the second recording Keys To The Highway, Daniel is surrounded by a handful of good friends and musicians who, over the years, have played with him He has invited two other piano players, Roger Cotton, who is behind the Hammond in three songs and Mat Empson on piano in two cuts This second disc collects nine great songs all them own compositions that clearly show we are, non only facing an able blues, boogie and rock is ‘n’ roll piano player, but also a clever song writer, gifted with a fine musical sensibility I hope Daniel Smith develops a long fruitful musical career in Spain to provide all music lovers with superb moments of excellent music