SMV (band)

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SMV
Genres Jazz, jazz-funk, funk
Years active2008–2009
Labels Heads Up International
Members Stanley Clarke
Marcus Miller
Victor Wooten

SMV was a bass guitar supergroup formed in 2008. The group's name comes from the first initials of each of its members, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten. [1]

The collaboration gained momentum when the three first played together at a concert held by Bass Player magazine in New York City in 2006, where Miller and Wooten joined on stage to present Clarke with the magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award. [2]

SMV's debut album, Thunder , was released on August 12, 2008, with a supporting world tour beginning the same month. [3] [4]

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Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten (left) and Marcus Miller (right) in 2009 at the Stockholm Jazz Festival.

References

  1. ↑ Jazz, All About (September 16, 2008). "S.M.V.: Thunder album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Chris Jisi (July 2008). "Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller & Victor Wooten Join Forces as SMV". Bass Player. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Marcus Miller News – June 7, 2008". Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
  4. ↑ Donohue, Shawn (October 14, 2008). "S.M.V. (Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten): Thunder". glidemagazine.com. Retrieved December 24, 2020.