was invited for the sequel tribute album, Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich, Vol. 2, for which he recorded "Moment's Notice". He recorded two albums with Buddy's Buddies, a quintet composed of musicians who played with Rich. In 2007, Smith and Buddy's Buddies were renamed Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy. The band pays tribute to many great jazz drummers in addition to Buddy Rich. In 1989, Smith headlined the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert held in New York City, performing a duet with drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith. Smith released two albums, Very Live at Ronnie Scott's Set One & Set Two, for Tone Center, recorded at Ronnie Scott's club in London. In 2001 Modern Drummer magazine named Smith one of the Top 25 Drummers of All Time. During the following year, he was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. In 2003, his DVD Steve Smith Drumset Technique – History of the U.S. Beat was voted the No. 1 Educational DVD of the year. He has worked as a session musician for Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli, Elisa, Vasco Rossi, Zucchero, Savage Garden, Bryan Adams, Zakir Hussain and Sandip Burman. Additionally, he has played with jazz musicians such as Steps Ahead, Wadada Leo Smith, Tom Coster, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Liebman, Larry Coryell, Victor Wooten, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, Stuart Hamm, Dweezil Zappa, Anthony Jackson, Aydın Esen, Torsten de Winkel, George Brooks, Michael Zilber, Steve Marcus, Andy Fusco, Kai Eckhardt, Lee Musiker, Howard Levy, Oteil Burbridge, Jerry Goodman, Tony MacAlpine, Hiromi Uehara and Bill Evans. Equipment Smith endorses Sonor drums, Remo drumheads, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks and Drum Workshop hardware and bass drum pedals. Discography As leader 1994 Distant Lands (CD Baby/desertnight) 1999 Steve Smith & Buddy's Buddies (Tone Center) 2003 Reimagined, Vol. 1: Jazz Standards (Bluejay) 2003 Very Live at Ronnie Scott's London, Set 1 (Tone Center) 2003 Very Live at Ronnie Scott's London, Set 2 (Tone Center) 2005 Sky (Allegro/Tala) 2005 Flashpoint (Tone Center) 2005 Lovin' You More (That Big Track) (CR2) 2008 This Town (G.A.S.) 2015 Then and Now (Audio & Video Labs) As member/co-leader With Journey 1979 Evolution 1980 Departure 1980 Dream, After Dream 1981 Captured 1981 Escape 1983 Frontiers 1986 Raised on Radio 1996 Trial by Fire With Vital Information 1983 Vital Information 1984 Orion 1987 Global Beat 1988 Fiafiaga 1991 Vitalive! 1992 Easier Done Than Said