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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Predicate Object
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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