SMV (band)

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]

SMV
Genres	Jazz, jazz-funk, funk
Years active	2008–2009
Labels	Heads Up International
Members	Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten

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]

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