SMV was a

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supergroup formed in 2008. The group's name comes from the first initials of each of its members,

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first ja ...

, Marcus Miller, and

Victor Wooten Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an American bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988 and a member of the band SMV with two other ...

. The collaboration gained momentum when the three first played together at a concert held by ''

Bass Player A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low br ...

'' magazine in

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in 2006, where Miller and Wooten joined on stage to present Clarke with the magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award. SMV's debut album, ''

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'', was released on August 12, 2008, with a supporting world tour beginning the same month.

References

External links

Official Website of Stanley Clarke

Official Website of Marcus Miller

Official Website of Victor Wooten
American jazz ensembles Heads Up International artists Jazz supergroups Musical groups established in 2008 {{US-band-stub