Jimmy Smith

American jazz organist

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.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

Back Talk
Back at the Chicken Shack
Bashin'
Blues for J
Delon’s Blues
Dot Com Blues
Eight Counts for Rita
I Promise to Remember
J.O.S.
James and Wes
Mellow Mood
Messy Bessie
Midnight Special
Off the Top
Picnickin'
Prayer Meetin'
Ready ’n Able
Root Down (and Get It)
Sagg Shootin’ His Arrow
Slow Down Sagg
T-Bone Steak
The Sermon