Jessie May Smart is a violinist and electric violinist, performing in London, across the UK, and internationally. She is available to hire for recording sessions, corporate events, live gigs, weddings, product launches and luxury events.
Classically trained, but with a flair for a plethora of styles, Jessie's live performances span jazz to house, and folk to fusion. Her performance experience includes touring with elbow and Sophie Ellis Bextor on violin and vocals, and also with Katie Melua on her European arena tour. Jessie has a great deal of experience in playing for shows, having depped on West End hit Wicked in London, and played on countless award-winning Off West End production.
Having improvised since she started playing at the age of 4, Jessie enjoys the freedom it allows. Her improvisation has taken her across the globe, both solo, and with countless groups and DJs.
Jessie's innovative electric string quartet Vesper, has been on the scene for a very short time, but already making waves and performing for high end clients across the globe, and performing with musicians such as Eurythmics, Nile Rodgers, Beverley Knight, Emeli Sandé, DJ Afishal, YolanDa Brown to name a few.
Jessie has been playing with legendary folk rock band Steeleye Spansince 2014. Here she plays acoustic and electric 5-string violins, sings backing and some lead vocals, and songwrites. In the last two years they have toured the USA, Canada, Europe, and the UK several times, and released two studio albums with them.
Jessie is a busy session player, with credits spanning all genres. She is also known for her improvisational sessions, which led her to create the collective Creative Session Strings,comprised of a select few talented string players who come together for string sessions and creative projects.
Jessie began learning the violin at the age of 4, training at Royal College of Music jr dept., The University of Nottingham (Music), and Trinity College of Music (postgrad training). She holds a distinction in dipABRSM performance diploma.
Jessie's acoustic violin is a 2008 Paul Collins copy of a Guanari. She aslo plays a custom made 5-string BridgeDragon electric violin in hand dyed silver/gold that was made just for her, and an electro-acoustic 5-string violin.
Jessie is contstantly honing her signature sound, and has a large and growing selection of effects pedals to enhance her performances.
Based in Windlesham, Surrey
Pop/Rock
2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Adventure Of A Lifetime - Coldplay
Afterglow - Genesis
Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain’t Nobody (chillout version) - Jasmine Thompson
All Is Full Of Love - Bjork
All of Me - John Legend
All of Me (chillout version) - John Legend
All You Need Is love - The Beatles
Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys & Jack White
At Last - Etta James
Baba O’Riley - The Who
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
Big Log - Robert Plant
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Bittersweet Symphony (stripped down version) - The Verve
Blame - Calvin Harris
Born This Way - Lady Gaga
Born This Way (acoustic) - Lady Gaga
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin version
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Can’t Feel My Face - The Weeknd
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue
Can’t Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Can’t Take my Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
Chandelier - Sia
Cheap Thrills - Sia
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Cupid - Sam Cooke
Daughters - John Mayer
Despacito - Luis Fonsi
Diamonds - Rihanna
Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Drive - The Cars
E.T - Katy Perry
Elastic Heart - Sia
Everybody Hurts - REM
Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Bryan Adams
Everytime We Touch (acoustic) - Cascada
Faded - Alan Walker
Faded (acoustic) - Alan Walker
Fishermans Blues - The Waterboys
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Galway Girl - Mike Denver
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Gravity - John Mayer
Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
Halleluja - Jeff Buckley
Halo - Beyonce
Halo (acoustic) - Beyonce
Happy Together - The Turtles
Havana - Camila Cabello
Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales
Help! - The Beatles
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
High & Dry - Radiohead
Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
How Am I Supposed To Live Without You? Michael Bolton
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Hysteria - Muse
I’ll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men
I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis
I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li
I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
In The Waiting Line - Zero7
Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
Is This Love - Bob Marley
It Must Be Love - Madness
Joga - Bjork
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Knights of Cydonia - Muse
Layla (acoustic) - Eric Clapton
Lean On - Major Lazer
Let Me Love You - DJ Snake
Let’s Dance - David Bowie
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
Losing My Religion - REM
Love Me Again - John Newman
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Love The Way You Lie - Eminem/ Rihanna
Love The Way You Lie (acoustic) - Rihanna
Million Reasons - Lady Gaga
Make You Feel My Love - Adele version
Moondance - Van Morrison
My Immortal - Evanescence
Never Be Like You - Flume
No Surprises - Radiohead
One Day Like This - Elbow
One Love - Bob Marley
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Paradise - Coldplay
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Pure Shores - All Saints
Purple Rain - Prince
Rather Be - Clean Bandit
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim
Roads - Portishead
Rockabye - Clean Bandit
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Rose - The Feeling
Royals - Lorde
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Set Fire To The Rain - Adele
Scared To Be Lonely - Martin Garrix
Shake It Out - Florence & The Machine
Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Shiny Happy People - REM
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
Skyfall - Adele
Slow Dancing In A Burning Room - John Mayer
Solo - Clean Bandit
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Somewhere Only We Know (acoustic) - Lily Allen
Sorry - Justin Bieber
Sorry - Madonna
Sour Times - Portishead
Starlight - Muse
Starman - David Bowie
Stay With Me - Sam Smith
Strong - London Grammar
Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey
Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns ‘n’ Roses
Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Teenage Dream (acoustic) - Katy Perry
Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran
Thank You - Led Zeppelin
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
The Stranger - Billy Joel
The Times They Are A-Changing - Bob Dylan
The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
The Wild Rover - The Dubliners
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
This Girl - Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners
Tilted - Christine & The Queens
Toxic - Britney Spears
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Uninvited - Alanis Morissette
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Want To - Dua Lipa
Wasting My Young Years - London Grammar
We Found Love (acoustic) - Rihanna
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Amy Winehouse version
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
You & I (acoustic) - John Legend
You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins
Show/Soundtrack
All I Ask Of You - Phantom Of The Opera
Another Way To Die - Quantum Of Solace
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - The Lion King
Game Of Thrones Theme - Game Of Thrones
I Won’t Say (I’m In Love) - Hercules
Love Theme - Romeo & Juliet
My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
Schindlers List Theme - Williams - Schindlers List
Tango De Roxanne - Moulin Rouge
Tango Por Una Cabeza - The Scent of A Woman
The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book
The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion - Quest For Camelot
You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
Jazz
A Night In Tunisia
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
All of Me
Cry Me A River
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Feeling Good
Georgia On My Mind
I Loves You, Porgy
I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
L-O-V-E
Misty
Misty Blue
Moon River
Moondance
My Funny Valentine
Night In Tunisia
Satin Doll
Summertime
Tenderley
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The Girl From Ipanema
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Classical
Albeniz - Tango in D
Albinoni - Adagio
Bach - Air on the G String
Bach - Arioso
Beethoven - Ode To Joy
Bizet - Habanera (Carmen)
Boccherini - Minuet
Corelli - Violin Sonata Op.5 No.1 in D
Corelli - Violin Sonata Op.5 No.3 in C
Debussy - Clair De Lune
Debussy - Girl With The Flaxen Hair
Dvorak - Humouresque
Elgar - Chanson De Matin
Elgar - Nimrod
Elgar - Salut D’Amour
Faure - Apres Un Reve
Faure - Pavane
Faure - Sicilienne
Handel - Arrival of The Queen of Sheba
Handel - Hornpipe from ‘Water Music’
Handel - Largo
Handel - Ombra Mai Fu
Martini - Plaisir D’Amour
Massenet - Meditation from ‘Thais’
Mozart - Voi Che Sapete
Offenbach - Barcarolle
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Paganini - Cantabile
Part - Spiegal Im Spiegal
Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1
Schumann - Traumerei
Irish
Finnegan’s Wake - The Dubliners
Fisherman’s Blues - The Waterboys
Galway Girl - Mike Denver
The Rare Old Mountain Dew - The Dubliners
The Wild Rover - The Dubliners
Whiskey In The Jar - The Dubliners
Betty TV
Bridge
Diplomat Cruises
Dior
Epsom Derby
Illamasqua
LEMA
Liketoknow.it
Meisei
Porsche
Shen London
The Open
Wicked UK