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. "Smitty" was exposed to music at a young age, receiving formal musical training at the age of three.[1]

After graduating from Waukegan East High School, Smith attended Berklee,[2] graduating in 1981. Smith has recorded 200 albums with various artists, as well as two solo albums.[3] He has toured with, among others, Sting, Dave Holland, Sonny Rollins, Willie Nelson and Steve Coleman.[3] He is a former member of The New York Jazz Quartet,[1] and was the drummer for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno band, led by Kevin Eubanks, from January 30, 1995[3] until the show's end on May 29, 2009. Smith was also the drummer for the Jay Leno Show band in 2009-10.

Discography

As leader
  • Keeper of the Drums (Concord Jazz, 1987)
  • The Road Less Traveled (Concord Jazz, 1989)

As sideman

With Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison

  • New York Second Line (The George Wein Collection)

With Hamiet Bluiett

  • Ebu (Soul Note, 1984)

With Joanne Brackeen

  • Turnaround (Evidence, 1992)

With Igor Butman

  • Falling Out (Impromptu, 1993)

With Donald Byrd

  • Harlem Blues (Landmark, 1987)

With Don Byron

  • No-vibe Zone (Knitting Factory Works, 1996)

With Michel Camilo

  • One More Once (Columbia, 1994)

With Steve Coleman and M-Base

  • Steve Coleman Group: Motherland Pulse (JMT, 1985)
  • Five Elements – On the Edge of Tomorrow (JMT, 1986)
  • Five Elements – Sine Die (Pangaea, 1987)
  • Strata Institute (Double Trio with Greg Osby): Cipher Syntax (JMT, 1989)
  • Five Elements – Rhythm People (Novus/BMG, 1990)
  • Strata Institute: Transmigration (Rebel-X/Columbia, 1991)
  • Five Elements – Black Science (Novus, 1991)
  • Rhythm in Mind (Novus, 1991)
  • M-Base Collective: Anatomy of a Groove (Rebel-X/DIW/Columbia, 1992)
  • Five Elements – Drop Kick (Novus, 1992)

With Larry Coryell

  • Shining Hour (Muse, 1989)

With Art Davis

  • A Time Remembered (Jazz Planet, 1995)

With Ray Drummond

  • Excursion (Arabesque, 1993)
  • Continuum (Arabesque, 1994)

With Robin Eubanks

  • Karma (JMT, 1991)
  • Mental Images (JMT, 1994)

With Art Farmer

  • Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (Contemporary, 1987)
  • Ph.D. (Contemporary, 1989)

With Frank Foster and Frank Wess

  • Two for the Blues (Pablo, 1984)
  • Frankly Speaking (Concord, 1985)

With Benny Golson

With Gunter Hampel New York Orchestra

  • Fresh Heat – Live at Sweet Basil (Birth, 1985) with Bill Frisell, Curtis Fowlkes, Bob Stewart, a.o.

With John Hicks

  • Beyond Expectations (Reservoir, 1993)

With Dave Holland

  • Seeds of Time (ECM, 1983)
  • The Razor's Edge (ECM, 1987)
  • Extensions (ECM, 1990)

With Andy Jaffe

With the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet

  • Back to the City (Contemporary, 1986)
  • Real Time (Contemporary, 1986)

With Carmen Lundy

  • Jazz & the New Songbook: Live at the Madrid (CD and DVD, Afrasia, 2005)

With Buddy Montgomery

  • Ties of Love (Landmark, 1987)

With Ralph Moore

  • Rejuvenate! (Criss Cross, 1988)

With David Murray

  • Children (Black Saint, 1984)

With David "Fathead" Newman

  • Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard (Atlantic, 1989)
  • Blue Head (Candid, 1990) with Clifford Jordan

With Joe Newman and Joe Wilder

  • Hangin' Out (Concord Jazz, 1984)

With Emily Remler

  • East To Wes (Concord, 1988)

With Sonny Rollins

  • Sonny Rollins Plays G-Man and Other Music for the Soundtrack of the Robert Mugge Film "Saxophone Colossus" (Milestone, 1987)

With Michel Sardaby

  • Going Places (Sound Hills, 1989)

With Archie Shepp

With Superblue

With Harvie Swartz, Mick Goodrick, and John Abercrombie

  • Arrival (Novus, 1992)

With McCoy Tyner

With Gebhard Ullmann, Andreas Willers, and Bob Stewart

  • Suite Noire (Nabel, 1990)

With Bobby Watson

  • Love Remains (Red, 1986 [1988])

References
  1. "Drummerworld: Marvin Smith". Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  2. "Berklee Alumni Website". Archived from the original on April 1, 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  3. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – Biographies". Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
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