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.

Discography

As leader

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 With Tommy Ward