"Marvin" ""Smitty"" "Smith" is an United States/American Jazz drumming/jazz drummer and composer.

Marvin Smith was born in Waukegan, Illinois/Waukegan, Illinois, where his father, Marvin Sr., was a drummer. As a result, "Smitty," as he is called by bandmates, was exposed to drumming at a young age, receiving formal musical training at the age of three.

Smith, an alumnus of Berklee College of Music/Berklee, has recorded 200 albums with various artists, as well as two solo albums.

He also has toured with Sting (musician)/Sting, Dave Holland, Sonny Rollins, Willie Nelson and with Steve Coleman. He is a former member of The New York Jazz Quartet, and is in a band with Kevin Eubanks, fellow Berklee alum and Tonight Show band member.

Smith was the drummer on theThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series)/The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 30 January 1995 to the show's end on 29 May 2009, and the start of the second incarnation starting March 1, 2010. He was also drummer during the entire run of The Jay Leno Show.

Smith is often an in-studio guest on The Loose Cannons sports radio program, on Los Angeles' KLAC/KLAC-AM, often when the Tonight Show is on a vacation break.

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

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