Jimmy Smith


Jimmy Smith

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Born: December 08, 1928 in Norristown, PA
Years Active: 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Died: February 08, 2005 in Scottsdale, AZ
Genre: Jazz

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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 's The Sermon, are classics. Smith turned the o... Continue Bio >>

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Ringtones:
Root Down And Get ItPlayGet it!
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Discography:
2009 Live in '69
2004 Black Cat
2003 Metamorphose des Cloportes
2001 Fourmost Return
2001 Dot Com Blues
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Influenced By:
Wild Bill Davis
Horace Silver
Milt Buckner
Bud Powell
Jackie Davis
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Followers:
Shirley Scott
New Mastersounds
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Richard "Groove" Holmes
Charles Kynard
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