Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith
Born: Dec 8, 1928 in Norristown, PA
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Died: Feb 8, 2005 in Scottsdale, AZ
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion
Biography: Jimmy Smith ruled the Hammond organ in the '50s and '60s. He revolutionized the instrument, showing it could be creatively used in a jazz context and popularized in the process. His Blue Note sessions from 1956 to 1963 were extremely influential and many, like 1960's Back at the Chicken Shack and 1958 ...Read full biography
Back At The Chicken Shack
Released: 1960
Label: Blue Note
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Back at the Chicken Shack is one of organist Jimmy Smith's classic Blue Note sessions, and the first to draw attention to tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. Recorded in 1960 with Kenny Burrell on guitar, ...Read full review
Bashin
Released: 1962
Label: Verve Records
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Although still a regular Blue Note artist (he would make four more albums for the company within the next year), Bashin' was organist Jimmy Smith's debut for Verve, a label that he would record extensively ...Read full review
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