James Oscar Smith

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James Oscar Smith, better known as Jimmy Smith, was a pioneering American jazz organist who popularized the Hammond B-3 organ and helped shape the sound of soul jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.

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instanceOf American jazz organist
human
jazz musician
organist
soul jazz musician
activeYearsEnd 2000s
activeYearsStart 1950s
alsoKnownAs Jimmy Smith
associatedAct Art Blakey
Kenny Burrell
Lou Donaldson
Oliver Nelson
Stanley Turrentine
Wes Montgomery
burialPlace Chelten Hills Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1925-12-08
dateOfDeath 2005-02-08
familyName Smith
genre hard bop
jazz
soul jazz
givenName James
influenced jazz-funk musicians
soul jazz organists
instrument Hammond B-3 organ
linked to: Hammond organ

organ
middleName Oscar
notableFor helping define the sound of soul jazz
popularizing the Hammond B-3 organ in jazz
notableInstrumentTechnique walking bass lines on organ pedals
notableWork album "Back at the Chicken Shack"
album "Home Cookin'"
album "Midnight Special"
album "The Cat"
album "The Sermon!"
occupation bandleader
composer
musician
performedInEnsembleType organ trio
placeOfBirth Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
linked to: Scottsdale, Arizona
recordLabel Blue Note Records
Verve Records
sexOrGender male
styleCharacteristic groove-oriented trio settings
use of blues-based improvisation on organ

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Jimmy Smith fullName James Oscar Smith