Sean Smith (born 1965 in Greenwich, Connecticut)[1] is an American jazz double bass player and composer.

In 1990, he completed his studies at the Manhattan School of Music and had already been working in the New York jazz scene since the early 1980s.

and Others ...), Virginia Mayhew, Richard Peaslee, and with pianist Bill Charlap, with whom he recorded a duo album in 1993 featuring standards like "Donna Lee", "Darn That Dream", and "When Your Lover Has Gone".

[4][5] According to Judith Schlesinger of AllMusic, writing in early 2000s, the "pitch-perfect, fluid, and elegant bassist" is one of the most employed musicians in the international jazz scene.

[9] The 2003 album Into the Blue by Emmanuel Pahud and Jacky Terrasson, in which he participated as a bassist, was also nominated for a Grammy.