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

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Baby, It's Cold Outside

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Discography:
Unfinished Business
Plays Fats Waller
2004 Black Cat
2003 Metamorphose des Cloportes
2001 Fourmost Return
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Similar Artists: Charles Earland Jimmy McGriff Don Patterson Shirley Scott Stanley Turrentine More >>

Influenced By: Wild Bill Davis Horace Silver Bud Powell Milt Buckner More >> Followers: Richard "Groove" Holmes New Mastersounds Charles Kynard Shirley Scott Dr. Lonnie Smith More >>

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