Jimmy Smith
“The Incredible Jimmy Smith”
Born on December 8, 1925; died on February 8, 2005 (aged 79); played from 1956 to 2005 on Hammond B-3 electric organ.
Jimmy Smith, nicknamed “The Incredible Jimmy Smith”, was a jazz musician whose Hammond performances helped to popularize this instrument.
Born James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mr. Smith was influenced by both gospel and blues. He first achieved prominence in the 1950s when his recordings became popular on jukeboxes. In the sixties and seventies he helped create the jazz style known as “soul jazz”.
Musical Style
While the electric organ was used in jazz by Fats Waller and Count Basie, Mr. Smith's virtuoso improvisation technique on the Hammond helped to popularize the electric organ as a jazz and blues instrument. For ballads, he played walking bass lines on the bass foot pedals. For uptempo tunes, he would play the bass line on the lower manual and use the pedals for emphasis on the attack of certain notes, which helped to emulate the attack and sound of a string bass.
Recordings
Mr. Smith recorded with a full orchestra and worked with arrangers and conductors such as Lalo Schifrin, Claus Ogerman, and Oliver Nelson. He also worked in small groups such as organ trios that featured jazz musicians such as Kenny Burrell, Donald “Duck” Bailey, Grady Tate, Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean and Stanley Turrentine. He also recorded albums with Wes Montgomery and George Benson.
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(musician)
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* /\ * * /\ * * FURTHER ADVENTURES OF JIMMY AND WES - SEPTEMBER 21 AND 28, 1966
CDDA quality / WAV (APE, normal) / CBR 1411 kb/s / 44100 Hz / 16 bit stereo
Personnel:
* Jimmy Smith
* Wes Montgomery
* Melba Liston
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Track listing:
1. "King Of The Road" -- 4:10
2. "Maybe September" -- 6:23
3. "Road Song" -- 6:06
4. "Call Me" -- 3:11
5. "Milestones" -- 4:10
6. "Mellow Mood" -- 8:41
7. "'Round Midnight" -- 7:19
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