Marvin Smith

Marvin "Smitty" Smith (born June 24, 1961) is an American jazz drummer and composer.

Marvin Smith was born in Waukegan, Illinois, where his father, Marvin Sr., was a drummer. As a result, "Smitty," was exposed to music at a young age, receiving formal musical training at the age of three.[1] After graduating Waukegan East High School, Smith attended College of Lake County from 1983-85 as a member of their Jazz Ensemble after graduating class of 1981 Berklee,[2] has recorded 200 albums with various artists, as well as two solo albums.[3] He also has toured with Sting, Dave Holland, Sonny Rollins, Willie Nelson and with Steve Coleman.[3] He is a former member of The New York Jazz Quartet,[1] and Drummer under fellow Berklee alum and Musical Director, Kevin Eubanks, for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from January 30, 1995[3] to the show's end on May 29, 2009 and the start of the second incarnation The Jay Leno Show, March 1, 2010.

Smith is often an in-studio guest on The Loose Cannons sports radio program, on Los Angeles' KLAC-AM, often when the Tonight Show is on a vacation break. Marvin Smith is married to Kimberly Brown-Smith of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Hamiet Bluiett

With Igor Butman

With Don Byron

With Steve Coleman and M-Base

With Robin Eubanks

With Art Farmer

With Benny Golson

With Gunter Hampel New York Orchestra

With Dave Holland

With Andy Jaffe

With the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet

With Carmen Lundy

With David Murray

With Sonny Rollins

With Michel Sardaby

With Archie Shepp

With Superblue

With Harvie Swartz, Mick Goodrick, and John Abercrombie

With Gebhard Ullmann, Andreas Willers, and Bob Stewart

References

  1. 1 2 "Drummerworld: Marvin Smith". Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  2. "Berklee Alumni Website". Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Biographies". Retrieved 3 September 2006.
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