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 Jimmy Smith's Profile |
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rip feb. 8, 2005 |
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| Location: | PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 8, 2008 (569 days back) |
About Me |
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| 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. Smith turned the organ into almost an ensemble itself. He provided walking bass lines with his feet, left hand chordal accompaniment, solo lines in the right, and a booming, funky presence that punctuated every song, particularly the up-tempo cuts. Smith turned the fusion of R&B, blues, and gospel influences with bebop references and devices into a jubilant, attractive sound that many others immediately absorbed before following in his footsteps.Smith initially learned piano both from his parents and on his own. He attended the Hamilton School of Music in 1948, and Ornstein School of Music in 1949 and 1950 in Philadelphia. Smith began playing the Hammond in 1951, and soon earned a great reputation that followed him to New York, where he debuted at the Café Bohemia. A Birdland date and 1957 Newport Jazz Festival appearance launched Smith's career.His Blue Note recordings included both trio recordings and superb collaborations with Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Ike Quebec, and Stanley Turrentine, among others. Smith scored more hit albums on Verve from 1963 to 1972, many of them featuring big bands and using fine arrangements from Oliver Nelson. These included the excellent Walk on the Wild Side and Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo, a collaboration with guitarist Wes Montgomery.His '70s output was quite spotty, though Smith didn't stop touring, visiting Israel and Europe in 1974 and 1975. He and his wife opened a club in Los Angeles in the mid-'70s. Smith resumed touring in the early '80s and continued wowing audiences around the world.He re-signed with Blue Note in 1985, and has done more representative dates for them and Milestone in the '90s. After a five-year layoff, Smith returned in early 2001 with the blues projects Fourmost Return and Dot Com Blues. He remained a fixture in both small jazz clubs and large festivals until his untimely passing in February of 2005. Breaks! ---Smith, Jimmy Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe: (Verve 1964) * "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe (Part 2)" GangStarr - "No More Mr. Nice Guy" In a Plain Brown Wrapper: (Verve 1971) * "Number One" DJ Shadow - "In/Flux" Root Down, Jimmy Smith Live!: (Verve 1972) * "Root Down (And Get It)" 3rd Bass - "Steppin' to the A.M." Beastie Boys - "Root Down" Black Smith: (Pride 1973) * "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" A Tribe Called Quest - "Push it Along" Beastie Boys - "Professor Booty" Kool G Rap - "Edge of Sanity" Unfinished Business: (Mercury 1978) * "8 Counts for Rita" DJ Shadow - "The Number Song" ---Smith, Jimmy & Montgomery, Wes The Dynamic Duo: (Verve 1966) * "Baby it's Cold Outside" De la Soul - "Skip to My Loop" Futher Adventures of. . .: (Verve ?) * "Mellow Mood" Quasimoto - "Low Class Conspiracy" Jimmy Smith--- Moanin'Jimmy Smith--- Midnight SpecialJimmy Smith--- Organ Grinders SwingJimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell More Funk BeastieBoys--- Root DownRocking the 45'sScratch- The Entire Movie 1hr. 28min. |
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Music:Member Since: 11/12/2005Influences: Horace Silver, Bud Powell, Milt Buckner, Wild Bill Davis Sounds Like: Jack McDuff, Larry Young, Stanley Turrentine, Shirley Scott, Jimmy McGriff, Charles Earland, Big John Patton, Grant Green, Richard "Groove" Holmes Record Label: blue note, verve Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz) |
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The Amen Break |
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| this is a video about a breakbeat used all throughout music and commercials. just thought jimmy smith fans might find it pretty interesting since a lot of people (including me) found jimmy smith from ... Posted by Jimmy Smith on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:59:00 PST |
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two hammond documentaries |
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| the first one is "hammond heroes" i saw this a couple of months ago on youtube.com and sent it out to you all. they have a website www.hammondheroes.com and even have a myspace www.myspace.com/hammond... Posted by Jimmy Smith on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:53:00 PST |
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root down (and get it) |
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i have many requests for root down to be on the page. believe me it was the first song i tried to put up here, but myspace won't let me because the song is too long. unfortunately i have not be... Posted by Jimmy Smith on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:15:00 PST |
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