John "Jubu" Smith

American songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, drums, trumpet) and producer. Started his career in the early 1990s playing guitar for [a=Tony! Toni! Toné!]. Since then he has recorded both solo material and worked as a session musician, mainly for R&B, hip hop and gospel artists, including [a=Luther Vandross], [a=Mary J. Blige], [a=Angie Stone], [a=Deborah Cox], [a=Boyz II Men], [a=CeCe Winans], [a=Whitney Houston], [a=Hootie & The Blowfish], [a=Alicia Keys], [a=Toni Braxton], [a=Chaka Khan], and [a=Rahsaan Patterson], among others.