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Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith

Formed: 8th December 1928, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Disbanded: 8th February 2005, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Nationality: American

James Oscar Smith was an American jazz musician whose albums often appeared on Billboard magazine charts. He helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music.

In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon jazz musicians.

Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(musician)

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  • Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack

    28th May 2025by Dan Spirrett

    Back at the Chicken Shack is a landmark 1963 soul jazz album, showcasing the virtuosic Hammond organ talents of Jimmy Smith. Performing alongside Stanley Turrentine and Kenny Burrell, this album is full of bluesy grooves, soulful melodies, and impeccable quartet chemistry.

    Jazz Classic Recordings

  • Jimmy Smith

    20th Jun 2019by Matt Groom

    Another week, another new article heading, this one incorporating Classic album of the Week (it's their fault for showing me how to add categories). Jimmy Smith transformed the Hammond organ into a pukka jazz beast, so let's go Back to the Chicken Shack with Jimmy and also indulge in a brief(ish) history of the mighty B3, and its dark twin, the Leslie cabinet.

    Jazz Artist Profile

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