Toby Smith

Toby Smith
Background information
Birth name	Toby Grafftey-Smith
Born	(1970-10-29)29 October 1970
Origin	London, England
Died	11 April 2017(2017-04-11) (aged 46)
Genres	Funk pop acid jazz soul
Occupations	Keyboardist songwriter music producer
Instrument	Keyboards
Years active	1992–2017
Labels	EMI (1993–2017)

Toby Grafftey-Smith (29 October 1970 – 11 April 2017), known professionally as Toby Smith, was an English musician, most famous for being the keyboardist and co-songwriter for Jamiroquai^[1] from 1992 until his departure in 2002.

Son of John Jeremy ("Jinx") Grafftey-Smith, a merchant banker, and his wife Lucy, Smith was educated at Marlborough College, where he developed his musical skills.^[2][3] His grandfather, Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith, was a diplomat who served as High Commissioner for the U.K. in Pakistan from 1947 to 1951 and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1945 to 1947.^[4][5]

Smith was married to Gabriella, daughter of David Offley Crewe-Read; they had three children.^[6]

While Jay Kay was forming Jamiroquai, he was encouraged by his manager to enlist Smith.^[7] Having been with the band since 1992, Smith left Jamiroquai on 29 April 2002 during the Funk Odyssey tour due to family commitments.^[8]

He was the music producer and manager for the English pop rock band The Hoosiers.^[9] Smith produced the 2009 album Caught In The Headlights for the British band Absent Elk.^[10] In 2013, he co-produced Matt Cardle's third album, Porcelain, as well as providing writing contributions to several songs.^[9]

He owned Angelic Recording Studios based near Banbury.^[9]

Smith died on 11 April 2017, having been diagnosed with cancer six years earlier.^[11] He was 46 years old.^[9]

• Emergency on Planet Earth (1993)
• The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994)
• Travelling Without Moving (1996)
• Synkronized (1999)
• A Funk Odyssey (2001)