. . "Steve Smith and Vital Information is an American jazz-fusion group led by drummer Steve Smith.The core members of the original line-up of Vital Information \u2014 Steve Smith (drums), Tim Landers (bass) and Dave Wilczewski (sax) \u2014 met in 1971 during their high school years while playing together in the Bridgewater State College Big Band, a Boston area college band that also featured outstanding high school students, the band was under the direction of Vincent Gannon."@en .