The world has lost one of its greatest musical innovators. Widely considered “the world’s greatest jazz organist,” Jimmy Smith died Tues, Feb. 8 of natural causes in his Phoenix home. He was ...

Night Train kicks off the week with more music from July Featured Artist Cal Tjader and a Featured New Release of the Week ...

Bill plays straight up and down, with his heel, not his toe, 'cause he told me the toe gets tender faster than the heel on the pedals."Jimmy Smith & Thornell Schwartz (Donald Bailey is hidden) Photo ...

Jimmy Smith, 76, a jazz genius who for more than 40 years coaxed unlikely sounds of soul and jazz sophistication from an unlikely instrument, the Hammond B3 organ, was found dead Feb. 8 at 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. His legendary multi-part technique on the Hammond B-3 organ ...

Jimmy Smith, the reigning “Emperor of the Hammond Organ” who was widely credited with turning it from a novelty instrument in jazz to a legitimate option for keyboard players, has died. He was 76.

LOS ANGELES -- Organist Jimmy Smith, who helped change the sound of jazz by almost single-handedly introducing the electric riffs of the Hammond B-3 organ, has died at age 79 at his home in ...

Jimmy Smith--who played U Street jazz club Bohemian Caverns on its reopening night earlier this year--is the Michael Jordan of jazz organ. ... Among the players were drumming giant Art Blakey, ...

Friday 22 April 2005 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3) The Jazz World lost the undisputed King of Hammond Organ, Jimmy Smith, a few weeks ago. Julian Joseph revisits a conversation he had with Jimmy Smith in ...

Once described as an "excitement merchant" for his soul-stirring sound, keyboard wizard Jimmy Smith brought the Hammond B-3 organ from novelty status to the forefront of the jazz community through ...

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" From 'Crazy! Baby' It seemed like jazz organ pioneer Jimmy Smith could deliver on any kind of song: a slow standard, a rowdy funk number, a deep-in-the-pocket blues.