Jimmy Smith (musician)
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Jimmy Smith, nicknamed "The Incredible Jimmy Smith", (December 8, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose Hammond B-3 electric organ performances helped to popularize this instrument.
Born James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. 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'.
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Discography
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As leader
- 1956: 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 Volume One
- 1956: 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
- 1958: The Sermon!
- 1958: Confirmation
- 1958: Softly as a Summer Breeze
- 1958: Cool Blues
- 1958: Six Views of the Blues
- 1959: Home Cookin'
- 1960: Crazy! Baby
- 1960: Open House
- 1960: Plain Talk
- 1960: Midnight Special
- 1960: Back at the Chicken Shack
- 1961: Straight Life
- 1962: Plays Fats Waller
- 1963: I'm Movin' On
- 1963: Bucket!
- 1963: Rockin' the Boat
- 1963: Prayer Meetin'
- 1985: One Night With Blue Note, Preserved - Vol. 3
- 1986: Go For Watcha Know
- 1993: The Master
- 1993: The Master II
- 1962: Bashin'
- 1963: Any Number Can Win
- 1963: Blue Bash (with Kenny Burrell)
- 1963: Hobo Flats
- 1963: Live at the Village Gate (Metro)
- 1964: The Cat
- 1964: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 1964: Christmas Cookin'
- 1965: Monster
- 1965: 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
- 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 - Live
- 1973: Portuguese Soul
- 1995: Damn!
- 1996: Angel Eyes
- 2000: Dot Com Blues
- 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
- 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 (S. Turrentine/J.Smith/G.Benson/L.McCann) (Blue Note) 1984
- Frank Sinatra - L.A. Is My Lady (Warners) 1984
- Michael Jackson - Bad (Hammond B3 Midi organ solo in "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
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