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Jimmy Smith, vero nome James Oscar Smith, soprannominato The Incredible Jimmy Smith (Norristown, 8 dicembre 1925 – Scottsdale, 8 febbraio 2005), è stato un organista statunitense le cui esibizioni con l'organo elettromeccanico Hammond B3 resero popolare questo strumento.
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Jimmy Smits (New York, 9 luglio 1955) è un attore e...
- Jimmy Smits
James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who 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.
This is a discography of American jazz organist Jimmy Smith (1928–2005). [1] [2] [3] Discography. As leader/co-leader. Blue Note years (1956–1963) Verve years (1962–1968; 1971–1973) Other. Compilations. The Best of Jimmy Smith (V-8721) (Verve, 1967) The Fantastic Jimmy Smith (Upfront, 1969) – rec. 1956–66.
1 mag 2024 · Jimmy Smith (born December 8, 1928, Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died February 8, 2005, Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American musician who integrated the electric organ into jazz, thereby inventing the soul-jazz idiom, which became popular in the 1950s and ’60s.
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Jimmy Smith, James Oscar Smith de son nom complet, né le 8 décembre 1925 dans la ville de Norristown, en Pennsylvanie, mort le 8 février 2005 à Scottsdale ( Arizona ), est un musicien de jazz américain. Son instrument de prédilection était l’ orgue Hammond B-3.
Jimmy Smith ruled the Hammond organ in the ’50s and ’60s. He revolutionized the instrument, showing it could be creatively used in a jazz context and popularized in the process. His Blue Note sessions from 1956 to 1963 were extremely influential and many, like 1960’s Back at the Chicken Shack and 1958 ‘s The Sermon, are classics.
