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-:''[[Jimmy Smith (disambiguation)]]''+'''James Oscar''' "'''Jimmy'''" '''Smith''' (December 8, 1925 or 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an [[American jazz]] musician who achieved the rare distinction of releasing a series of instrumental jazz albums that often charted on ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''. Smith helped popularize the [[Hammond organ|Hammond B-3]] [[Electronic organ|electric organ]], creating an indelible link between 1960s soul and jazz improvisation. He is known for such compositions as "[[Root Down (And Get It)]]".
-'''Jimmy Smith''', nicknamed "The Incredible Jimmy Smith", ([[December 8]], [[1925]] – [[February 8]], [[2005]]) was a [[jazz]] musician whose [[Hammond B3|Hammond B-3]] electric [[organ (music)|organ]] performances helped to popularize this instrument. + 
 +==Discography==
 +===As leader===
 +;[[Blue Note]]
 + 
 +*1956: ''[[A New Sound... A New Star...|A New Sound... A New Star... Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 1]]''
 +*1956: ''[[A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2]]''
 +*1956: ''[[The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ]]''
 +*1956: ''[[At Club Baby Grand|At Club Baby Grand Volume One]]''
 +*1956: ''[[At Club Baby Grand|At Club Baby Grand Volume Two]]''
 +*1957: ''[[A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One]]''
 +*1957: ''[[A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two]]''
 +*1957: ''Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. 1''
 +*1957: ''Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. 2''
 +*1957: ''[[The Sounds of Jimmy Smith]]''
 +*1957: ''[[Plays Pretty Just for You]]''
 +*1957: ''[[Jimmy Smith Trio + LD]]''
 +*1957: ''[[Groovin' at Small's Paradise]]''
 +*1958: ''[[House Party (Jimmy Smith album)|House Party]]''
 +*1958: ''[[The Sermon!]]''
 +*1958: ''Confirmation''
 +*1958: ''[[Softly as a Summer Breeze]]''
 +*1958: ''[[Cool Blues (album)|Cool Blues]]''
 +*1958: ''[[Six Views of the Blues]]''
 +*1959: ''[[Home Cookin' (album)|Home Cookin']]''
 +*1960: ''[[Crazy! Baby]]''
 +*1960: ''[[Open House (album)|Open House]]''
 +*1960: ''[[Plain Talk (album)|Plain Talk]]''
 +*1960: ''[[Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith album)|Midnight Special]]''
 +*1960: ''[[Back at the Chicken Shack]]''
 +*1961: ''[[Straight Life (Jimmy Smith album)|Straight Life]]''
 +*1962: ''[[Plays Fats Waller]]''
 +*1963: ''[[I'm Movin' On (Jimmy Smith album)|I'm Movin' On]]''
 +*1963: ''[[Bucket!]]''
 +*1963: ''[[Rockin' the Boat]]''
 +*1963: ''[[Prayer Meetin']]''
 +*1985: ''[[One Night with Blue Note|One Night With Blue Note, Preserved - Vol. 3]]''
 +*1986: ''Go For Watcha Know''
 +*1993: ''The Master''
 +*1993: ''The Master II''
 + 
 +;[[Verve Records|Verve]]
 +*1962: ''[[Bashin']]''
 +*1963: ''[[Any Number Can Win (album)|Any Number Can Win]]''
 +*1963: ''[[Blue Bash]]'' (with Kenny Burrell)
 +*1963: ''Hobo Flats''
 +*1963: ''Live at the Village Gate'' (Metro)
 +*1964: ''[[The Cat (album)|The Cat]]''
 +*1964: ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (album)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
 +*1964: ''[[Christmas Cookin']]''
 +*1965: ''[[Monster (Jimmy Smith album)|Monster]]''
 +*1965: ''[[Organ Grinder Swing (album)|Organ Grinder Swing]]''
 +*1965: ''Got My Mojo Workin'''
 +*1965: ''In Hamburg Live'' (Metro)
 +*1965: ''Live in Concert /Paris/Salle Pleyel Live'' (Metro)
 +*1965: ''La Métamorphose des cloportes'' (Soundtrack) *
 +*1966: ''Hoochie Coochie Man''
 +*1966: ''Peter and the Wolf''
 +*1966: ''[[Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo]]'' (with [[Wes Montgomery]])
 +*1966: ''[[Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes]]'' (with [[Wes Montgomery]]) *
 +*1967: ''Respect''
 +*1967: ''Plays the Standards'' (Sunset SUS-5175/SUM-1175)
 +*1967: ''Best of Jimmy Smith''
 +*1968: ''[[The Boss (Jimmy Smith album)|The Boss]]''
 +*1968: ''Livin' It Up''
 +*1968: ''Stay Loose''
 +*1968: ''Live Salle Pleyel'' (Trema) *
 +*1970: ''Groove Drops''
 +*1971: ''[[The Other Side of Jimmy Smith]]''
 +*1971: ''I'm Gonna Git Myself Together''
 +*1971: ''In a Plain Brown Wrapper''
 +*1972: ''History of Jimmy Smith'' [2-LPs]
 +*1972: ''Bluesmith''
 +*1972: ''[[Root Down (Jimmy Smith album)|Root Down - Live]]''
 +*1973: ''Portuguese Soul''
 +*1995: ''Damn!''
 +*1996: ''Angel Eyes''
 +*2000: ''Dot Com Blues''
 + 
 +;[[Milestone Records]]
 +*1981: ''All The Way Live'' (with [[Eddie Harris]])
 +*1989: ''Prime Time''
 +*1990: ''Fourmost Live''
 +*1990: ''Fourmost Return''
 +*1993: ''Sum Serious Blues'
 + 
 +;Other labels
 +*1955: ''The Fantastic Jimmy Smith with Don Gardner trio''
 +*1972: ''Newport In New York '72/The Jimmy Smith Jam, Vol.5'' ([[Atlantic Records]])
 +*1974: ''[[Black Smith]]'' (Pride)
 +*1974: ''Paid in Full'' (Mojo)
 +*1975: '''75'' (Mojo)
 +*1976: ''Sit on It!'' (Mercury)
 +*1977: ''It's Necessary'' (Mercury)
 +*1978: ''Unfinished Business'' (Mercury)
 +*1980: ''The Cat Strikes Again'' (Laserlight)
 +*1980: ''Second Coming'' (Mojo)
 +*1982: ''Off the Top'' (Elektra)
 +*1983: ''Keep on Comin''' (Elektra)
 +*2001: ''Black Cat/Daybreak'' (Castle)
 + 
 +===As sideman===
 +* [[Quincy Jones]] & [[Bill Cosby]] - ''The Original Jam Sessions 1969'' (Concord) 2004
 +* [[Lenny White]] - ''Venusian Summer'' (L. White/J. Smith/Larry Young/Larry Coryell/Al DiMeola/Weldon Irvine/Hubert Laws) (Nemperor) 1975
 +* [[James Ingram]] - ''It's Your Night'' (QWest) 1983
 +* [[Stanley Turrentine]] - ''[[Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine album)|Straight Ahead]]'' (S. Turrentine/J.Smith/G.Benson/L.McCann) (Blue Note) 1984
 +* [[Frank Sinatra]] - ''[[L.A. Is My Lady]]'' (Warners) 1984
 +* [[Michael Jackson]] - ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' (Hammond B3 Midi organ solo in "[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]") (Epic/Sony) 1987
 +* [[Dee Dee Bridgewater]] - ''[[Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver]]'' (Verve) 1994
 +* [[Joey DeFrancesco]] - ''Incredible!'' (Concord) 1999
 +* [[Joey DeFrancesco]] - ''Legacy'' (Concord) 2005
-Born '''James Oscar Smith''' in [[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|USA]]. Smith was influenced by both [[gospel]] and [[blues]]. He first achieved prominence in the 1950s when his recordings became popular on [[jukeboxe]]s. In the [[1960s|sixties]] and [[1970s|seventies]] he helped create the jazz style known as '[[soul jazz]]'.  
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James Oscar "Jimmy" Smith (December 8, 1925 or 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who achieved the rare distinction of releasing a series of instrumental jazz albums that often charted on Billboard. Smith helped popularize the Hammond B-3 electric organ, creating an indelible link between 1960s soul and jazz improvisation. He is known for such compositions as "Root Down (And Get It)".

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Discography

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As leader

Blue Note
Verve
Milestone Records
  • 1981: All The Way Live (with Eddie Harris)
  • 1989: Prime Time
  • 1990: Fourmost Live
  • 1990: Fourmost Return
  • 1993: Sum Serious Blues'
Other labels
  • 1955: The Fantastic Jimmy Smith with Don Gardner trio
  • 1972: Newport In New York '72/The Jimmy Smith Jam, Vol.5 (Atlantic Records)
  • 1974: Black Smith (Pride)
  • 1974: Paid in Full (Mojo)
  • 1975: '75 (Mojo)
  • 1976: Sit on It! (Mercury)
  • 1977: It's Necessary (Mercury)
  • 1978: Unfinished Business (Mercury)
  • 1980: The Cat Strikes Again (Laserlight)
  • 1980: Second Coming (Mojo)
  • 1982: Off the Top (Elektra)
  • 1983: Keep on Comin' (Elektra)
  • 2001: Black Cat/Daybreak (Castle)
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As sideman


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