Smith, Steve

SMITH, STEVE 21 Aug 1954, Brockton, Massachusetts). Starting drums at age 9 with big band drummer Bill Blanagan , Steve Smith studied with Gary Chaffee and Alan Dawson at Berklee College of Music. He has toured and recorded with Jean-Luc Ponty (1976-77), the rock group Journey (1978-85), his own group Vital Information (1983- ), Steps Ahead (seven years), and artists Mariah Carey, Stanley Clarke, Randy Brecker, and Allan Holdsworth, among others. Smith’s video...