Steve Smith

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Steven Bruce Smith (born August 21, 1954) is an American drummer best known as a member of Journey, and he is returning to the band for the third time in 2015.

Readers of Modern Drummer magazine have voted him the No. 1 in the nation. 5 years in a row.

Smith was named one of the Top 25 Drummers of All Time in 2001, and in 2002, he was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame.

On April 7, 2017, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey.

Early life

Smith started playing drums at age two and in 1963, he began formal training with Boston area drum teacher Bill Flanagan, who appeared in major bands during the swing period. Smith bought his first "real" drum set when he was 12 years old. On many nights, Steve could be seen in a small shed in the backyard of his Harvard Street home. Smith spent time in his teens in the typical school band and garage bands, including Clyde, a South Shore sensation, but he also began to expand his musical career by playing in a professional concert band and the big band at local Bridgewater State College.

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Career

He graduated from high school in 1972 and joined the Lin Biviano Big Band at 19 years old, and spent two years with them. Smith attended Berklee College of Music and studied with Alan Dawson after high school. He began training with Freddie Gruber in the early 1990s. In 1977-1978, he recorded and toured with jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. He appeared on Focus - Proby (1978), and he appeared with Ronnie Montrose. He was the drummer for the rock band Journey from 1978 to 1985. In 1985, he left the band but returned in 1995 for the band's comeback album Trial by Fire. He appeared with Journey offshoot The Storm in the interim. In 2015, he rejoined Journey again, but in March, 2020, the group was disbanded (along with bassist Ross Valory).

Smith has been leading his own jazz band, Vital Information, since 1977. In 1994, drummer Neil Peart of Rush was invited to perform on Burning for Buddy, a tribute album to Buddy Rich, who inspired both drummers. Smith recorded "Nutville" and was on stage for Buddy's sequel tribute album, Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to Buddy Rich's Music, Vol. "Moment's Notice" was recorded on page 2, which was on his album "Moment's Notice." Buddy's Buddies, a quintet made up of musicians who performed with Rich, has released two albums. Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy was renamed in 2007 by Smith and Buddy's Buddies. In comparison to Buddy Rich, the band pays tribute to many outstanding jazz drummers. Smith headlined the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert in New York City in 1989, when he joined drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith in a duet. Smith's Two albums, Very Live at Ronnie Scott's Set One & Set Two, for Tone Center, were released in London by Ronnie Scott.

Smith was named one of the Top Drummers of All Time by the 2001 Modern Drummer magazine. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in the following year. Steve Smith Drumset Technique – History of the United States – From 2001 to 2004, Smith was a student at the University of Texas. Beat was voted No. 1 by the people who voted him. Year's best educational DVD of the year.

He has performed as a session musician for Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli, Elisa, Vasco Rossi, Zucchero, Zucchero, Zakir Hussain, and Sandip Burman. In addition, he has performed with jazz musicians, including Steps Ahead, Wadada Leo Smith, Tom Coster, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Liebman, Matthew Wolfman, Scott Schafer, Larry Coryell, Dweezil Zappa, Christopher Jackson, Stephen Bennett, Oteil Burbridge, Jeffrey Gugley, Danny Gibson, Peter Levy, Michael Giber, Keith Gibson, Opinion Uehara, and Bill Evans.

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