Martin Smith (17 December 1946 – 2 March 1997), was a drummer for Gentle Giant and Simon Dupree and the Big Sound.
Smith was a versatile drummer who specialised in playing jazz and blues styles.
Smith died on 2 March 1997, at the age of 50, of internal hemorrhaging.
Purportedly he had been very ill with a blood disorder for five years.
150 people went to his funeral, including many fellow musicians, and Gordon Haskell (of King Crimson fame) wrote the eulogy.