SMV (band)

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = SMV

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| genre = Jazz, jazz-funk, funk

| years_active = 2008–2009

| label = Heads Up International

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| current_members = Stanley Clarke
Marcus Miller
Victor Wooten

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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.{{Cite web|last=Jazz|first=All About|title=S.M.V.: Thunder album review @ All About Jazz|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/thunder-smv-stanley-marcus-victor-heads-up-international-review-by-woodrow-wilkins.php|access-date=2020-12-24|website=All About Jazz|date=16 September 2008 |language=en}}

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.{{cite web |title=Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller & Victor Wooten Join Forces as SMV |url=http://www.bassplayer.com/article/stanley-clarke-marcus/jul-08/86213 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105200550/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/stanley-clarke-marcus/jul-08/86213 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2009 |access-date=2008-09-13 |author=Chris Jisi |date=July 2008 |work=Bass Player }}

SMV's debut album, Thunder, was released on August 12, 2008, with a supporting world tour beginning the same month.{{cite web |url=http://www.marcusmiller.com/news_entry.html?newsid=275&color=0 |title=Marcus Miller News – June 7, 2008 |access-date=2008-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211080533/http://www.marcusmiller.com/news_entry.html?newsid=275&color=0 |archive-date=February 11, 2012 }}{{Cite web|url=https://glidemagazine.com/12735/smv-stanley-clarke-marcus-miller-and-victor-wooten/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=glidemagazine.com|title=S.M.V. (Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten): Thunder |date=October 14, 2008 |first=Shawn |last=Donohue}}

{{multiple image | align = center

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

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| image2 = Marcus Miller at Stockholm Jazz Fest 2009.jpg

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