Yet his "volcanic interpretations," as hipster Babs Gonzales described Smith's playing, were never compromised by anything any producer could throw at him, from the top 40 to the classics.In a career that lasted for nearly 50 years as a headliner, Smith's creativity and productivity never flagged.
Jimmy Smith Gloomy Sunday from the Verve LP Monster 1965 by Mylovelyrecords.
Organ Jazz: Jimmy Smith & Gloria Coleman; Album Review. When he finished his service in 1947, he played professionally and studied music for two years on the G.I. His first release, A New Sound, A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ, debuted with much fanfare. Last summer he recorded "Legacy," to be released next week on Concord, which paired him in duets with Mr. DeFrancesco.Jimmy Smith, Jazz Organist and Pioneer, Is Dead at 76 This brought him to the attention of the Blue Note record label.
The Incredible Jimmy Smith (subtitled Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. LP Recordings for Decca, Sounds Ultimate, Ad Rhythm, Grosvenor Demonstrator for Wurlitzer, Lowrey, Kawai, Baldwin, Gulbransen, JVC …
Bill, taking piano classes at three Philadelphia institutions. Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special – Blue Note 4078; Jimmy Smith: A New Sound, A New Star, Vol. Jimmy Smith, who made the Hammond organ one of the most popular sounds in jazz beginning in the mid-1950's, died on Tuesday at his home in … Smith was not only the first great jazz soloist to make the organ (electric or otherwise) his primary instrument; he brought the electric organ into the modern era: before Smith, no one could imagine the music of Charlie Parker or Thelonious Monk being played on organ.Smith dug deep into the fundamentals of all jazz: the church and the blues.
"By 1956, Smith had perfected the art of playing jazz and funk on the organ, so much so that his first albums (on Blue Note) lived up to their title - "A New Sound...A New Star" - and caused a sensation in the jazz world. Jimmy Smith, the man almost universally regarded as the first and greatest electric organ player in jazz, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz.Before Smith, the organ had a rather spotty history in jazz. But he didn't need another, and his …
Jimmy Smith ignited a jazz revolution on an instrument associated at the time with ballparks, despite never playing one until the age of 28. Smith was so popular that he commanded an audience far beyond the usual jazz market. He was 76.He died of unspecified natural causes, said his stepson and former manager, Michael Ward, who also said that his age of 76 was based on his birth certificate and not the birth date found in most reference books.Before Jimmy Smith, the electric organ had been nearly a novelty in jazz; it was he who made it an important instrument in the genre and influenced nearly every subsequent notable organist in jazz and rock, including Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Larry Young, Shirley Scott, Al Kooper and Joey DeFrancesco.By 1955 -- which coincidentally was the year Hammond introduced its most popular model, the B-3 -- he had an organ trio with a new sound that would thereafter become the model for groups in what became known as "organ rooms," the urban bars up and down the East Coast specializing in precisely the kind of blues-oriented, swinging, funky music that Mr. Smith epitomized. 3) is the third album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label.
He came up with a sound that was deep, funky and swinging, that not only revolutionized jazz but transcended the idiom altogether. In 1952, or perhaps 1953, he met Wild Bill Davis, the organ player who pioneered the organ-trio format, at a club. Jimmy Smith, who made the Hammond organ one of the most popular sounds in jazz beginning in the mid-1950's, died on Tuesday at his home in Phoenix.
1 and 2 – Blue Note 1512 and 1514; Album Review. In 1963,he switched from the independent Blue Note to Verve Records (owned by MGM). 50 great moments in jazz: Jimmy Smith and the Hammond organ The Hammond was designed as a low-budget organ for churches, but it was Smith who … Smith and his band played at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957.