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Marvin "Smitty" Smith (born June 24, 1961) is an American jazz drummer and composer.
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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. After graduating from Waukegan East High School, Smith attended College of Lake County from 1983 to 1985 as a member of their Jazz Ensemble after graduating class of 1981 Berklee, has recorded 200 albums with various artists, as well as two solo albums. He also has toured with Sting, Dave Holland, Sonny Rollins, Willie Nelson and with Steve Coleman. He is a former member of The New York Jazz Quartet, and drummer under fellow Berklee alum and Musical Director Kevin Eubanks, for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from January 30, 1995 to the show's end on May 29, 2009 and the start of the second incarnation, The Jay Leno Show, March 1, 2010.

He is currently the show's drummer for Harry Connick Jr.'s day time TV talk show, Harry.
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.

Smith is married to Kimberly Brown-Smith of Greensboro, North Carolina.

As leader

As sideman

With Hamiet Bluiett
With Joanne Brackeen
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 John Hicks
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