Jimmy Smith

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bandleader composer human jazz musician organist

Jimmy Smith was an influential American jazz organist whose innovative Hammond B-3 playing helped popularize soul jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jimmy Smith canonical 7
James "Jimmy" Smith 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
organist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
awardReceived NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
burialPlace Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Arizona ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
collaboratedWith Art Blakey ⓘ
Kenny Burrell ⓘ
Lou Donaldson ⓘ
Stanley Turrentine ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-02-08 ⓘ
describedAs influential American jazz organist ⓘ
familyName Smith ⓘ
fullName James Oscar Smith ⓘ
genre hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
influenced Joey DeFrancesco ⓘ
Wynton Kelly ⓘ
surface form: Larry Young

Lonnie Smith ⓘ
Shirley Scott ⓘ
influencedGenre jazz-funk ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ
instrument Hammond organ ⓘ
surface form: Hammond B-3 organ

organ ⓘ
piano ⓘ
notableFor helping define the soul jazz genre ⓘ
popularizing the Hammond B-3 organ in jazz ⓘ
notableWork Back at the Chicken Shack ⓘ
Home Cookin' ⓘ
Midnight Special ⓘ
The Cat ⓘ
The Sermon! ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
organist ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Scottsdale, Arizona ⓘ
surface form: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
stageName Jimmy Smith self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Verve Records → notableArtist → Jimmy Smith ⓘ
Blue Note Records → notableArtist → Jimmy Smith ⓘ
Jimmy Smith → stageName → Jimmy Smith self-link ⓘ
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers → notableMember → Jimmy Smith ⓘ
I Got a Woman → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Jimmy Smith ⓘ
Kenny Burrell → associatedAct → Jimmy Smith ⓘ
The Whip → hasFormerMember → Jimmy Smith ⓘ
this entity surface form: James "Jimmy" Smith
Grant Green → associatedAct → Jimmy Smith ⓘ