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 ...

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 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--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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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He first gained attention with Jimmy Smith and went on to work with Harry Connick Jr., Diana Krall and Ron Carter. He also had a distinguished solo career. The guitarist Russell Malone in 2019. He ...