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Steve Smith's drumming, while decidedly modern, can best be described as a style that embodies the history of U.S. music. Steve is active as a bandleader (Steve Smith and Vital Information) as a featured sideman (Mike Stern Group, Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion, Steps Ahead) and as an educator/clinician.

Steve Smith grew up in the Boston area and started playing drums at the age of nine in 1963. He studied music at the Berklee College of Music from 1972 to 1976 with Alan Dawson and Gary Chaffee as his private instructors. Over the past 50 years he has toured and recorded with some of the biggest names in jazz and rock - appearing on recordings that have sold over 100 million copies worldwide - including Journey, Bryan Adams and Jean-Luc Ponty. Other notable jazz artists Smith has played with include Buddy DeFranco, Ahmad Jamal, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Bill Evans and Hiromi.

Smith has won numerous Modern Drummer Readers polls including “#1 All-Around Drummer" for five consecutive years from 1987-1991 and was named one of the “Top 25 Drummers of All Time" in 2001. In 2002 Smith was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame, in 2017 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2023 he was inducted into the Zildjian Hall of Fame.

Smith is currently touring and recording with his group Steve Smith is currently touring and recording with his group Steve Smith & Vital Information. VitalInformation.com