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.

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

As leader

 * Keeper of the Drums (Concord Jazz, 1987)
 * The Road Less Traveled (Concord Jazz, 1989)

As sideman
With Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison With Hamiet Bluiett With Joanne Brackeen With Igor Butman With Donald Byrd With Don Byron With Michel Camilo With Steve Coleman and M-Base With Larry Coryell With Art Davis With Ray Drummond With Robin Eubanks With Art Farmer With Frank Foster and Frank Wess With Benny Golson With Gunter Hampel New York Orchestra With John Hicks With Dave Holland With Andy Jaffe With the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet With Carmen Lundy With Buddy Montgomery With Ralph Moore With David Murray With David "Fathead" Newman With Joe Newman and Joe Wilder With Emily Remler With Sonny Rollins With Michel Sardaby With Archie Shepp With Superblue With Harvie Swartz, Mick Goodrick, and John Abercrombie With McCoy Tyner With Gebhard Ullmann, Andreas Willers, and Bob Stewart With Bobby Watson
 * ''New York Second Line (The George Wein Collection)
 * Ebu (Soul Note, 1984)
 * Turnaround (Evidence, 1992)
 * Falling Out (Impromptu, 1993)
 * Harlem Blues (Landmark, 1987)
 * No-vibe Zone (Knitting Factory Works, 1996)
 * One More Once (Columbia, 1994)
 * 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)
 * Shining Hour (Muse, 1989)
 * A Time Remembered (Jazz Planet, 1995)
 * Excursion (Arabesque, 1993)
 * Continuum (Arabesque, 1994)
 * Karma (JMT, 1991)
 * Mental Images (JMT, 1994)
 * Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (Contemporary, 1987)
 * Ph.D. (Contemporary, 1989)
 * Two for the Blues (Pablo, 1984)
 * Frankly Speaking (Concord, 1985)
 * Stardust (Denon, 1987) with Freddie Hubbard
 * That's Funky (Meldac Jazz, 1995) with Nat Adderley
 * Fresh Heat – Live at Sweet Basil (Birth, 1985) with Bill Frisell, Curtis Fowlkes, Bob Stewart, a.o.
 * Beyond Expectations (Reservoir, 1993)
 * Seeds of Time (ECM, 1983)
 * The Razor's Edge (ECM, 1987)
 * Extensions (ECM, 1990)
 * Manhattan Projections (Stash, 1985) with Wallace Roney and Branford Marsalis
 * Back to the City (Contemporary, 1986)
 * Real Time (Contemporary, 1986)
 * Jazz & the New Songbook: Live at the Madrid (CD and DVD, Afrasia, 2005)
 * Ties of Love (Landmark, 1987)
 * Rejuvenate! (Criss Cross, 1988)
 * Children (Black Saint, 1984)
 * Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard (Atlantic, 1989)
 * Blue Head (Candid, 1990) with Clifford Jordan
 * Hangin' Out (Concord Jazz, 1984)
 * East To Wes (Concord, 1988)
 * Sonny Rollins Plays G-Man and Other Music for the Soundtrack of the Robert Mugge Film "Saxophone Colossus" (Milestone, 1987)
 * Going Places (Sound Hills, 1989)
 * Soul Song (Enja, 1982)
 * Down Home New York (Soul Note, 1984)
 * Superblue 2 (Blue Note, 1989)
 * Arrival (Novus, 1992)
 * Prelude and Sonata (Milestone, 1995)
 * Suite Noire (Nabel, 1990)
 * Love Remains (Red, 1986 [1988])