Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith (1925-2005) var en amerikansk jazzmusiker og sanger. Han bidro til å popularisere Hammond B-3-orgelet, og skapte en kobling mellom jazz og soulmusikk fra 1960-tallet.

Hans mest kjente hit var «Walk on the Wild Side» fra 1962, og i de følgende årene ble flere av hans utgivelser bestselgere. Albumene Bashin i 1962, Back at the Chicken Shack og Hobo Flats i 1963, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? og The Cat i 1964 samt Organ Grinder Swing fra 1965 nådde alle topp 20 i USA.

Gjennom 1950-årene og 1960-årene samarbeidet han med mange av datidens mest kjente jazzmusikere, som Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Kenny Burrell og Wes Montgomery. I 1955 startet Smith også egen trio i New York.

Discografi 
 A New Sound... A New Star...|A New Sound... A New Star... Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1956)
 A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1956) [AKA The Champ]
 The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 3 (Blue Note, 1956)
 At Club Baby Grand|At Club Baby Grand, Volume One (Blue Note, 1956)
 At Club Baby Grand|At Club Baby Grand, Volume Two (Blue Note, 1956)
 A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (Blue Note, 1957)
 A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (Blue Note, 1957)
 Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1957)
 Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1957)
 The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (Blue Note, 1957)
 Plays Pretty Just for You (Blue Note, 1957)
 Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise|Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volume One (Blue Note, 1958)
 Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise|Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volume Two (Blue Note, 1958)
 House Party (Jimmy Smith album)|House Party (Blue Note, 1958)
 The Sermon (Jimmy Smith album)|The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1959)
 Home Cookin' (album)|Home Cookin (Blue Note, 1960)
 Crazy! Baby (Blue Note, 1960)
 Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith album)|Midnight Special (Blue Note, 1961)
 Plays Fats Waller (Blue Note, 1962)
 Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1962)
 Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, 1963)
 Hobo Flats (Verve, 1963)
 Rockin' the Boat (Blue Note, 1963)
 Any Number Can Win (album)|Any Number Can Win (Verve, 1963)
 Blue Bash! (Verve, 1963) with Kenny Burrell
 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (album)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Verve, 1964)
 The Cat (album)|The Cat (Verve, 1964)
 Christmas '64 (Verve, 1964)
 Prayer Meetin''' (Blue Note, 1964)
 Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note, 1965)
 Monster (Jimmy Smith album)|Monster (Verve, 1965)
 Organ Grinder Swing (Verve, 1965)
 Got My Mojo Workin' (album)|Got My Mojo Workin  (Verve, 1965)
 La Metamorphose Des Cloportes (Verve, 1965)
 Live at the Village Gate (Metro, 1965)
 Bucket! (Blue Note, 1966)
 Swings Along with Stranger in Paradise (Pickwick, 1966) early recordings
 Live in Concert (Metro, 1966)
 Peter & the Wolf (Jimmy Smith album)|Peter & the Wolf (Verve, 1966)
 Hoochie Coochie Man (Jimmy Smith album)|Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
 Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (Verve, 1966) with Wes Montgomery
 I'm Movin' On (Jimmy Smith album)|I'm Movin' On (Blue Note, 1967)
 In Hamburg – Live! (Metro, 1967)
 Respect (Jimmy Smith album)|Respect (Verve, 1967)
 Open House (album)|Open House  (Blue Note, 1968)
 Stay Loose (Verve, 1968)
 Plain Talk (album)|Plain Talk (Blue Note, 1968)
 Livin' It Up! (Verve, 1968)
 The Fantastic Jimmy Smith (Upfront, 1969) early recordings
 The Boss (Jimmy Smith album)|The Boss [live] (Verve, 1969)
 Groove Drops (Verve, 1969)
 Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (Verve, 1969) with Wes Montgomery
 The Other Side of Jimmy Smith (MGM, 1970)
 I'm Goin' Git Myself Together (MGM, 1971)
 In a Plain Brown Wrapper (Verve, 1971)
 Root Down (album)|Root Down [live] (Verve, 1972)
 Bluesmith (Verve, 1972)
 Newport In New York '72 (The Jimmy Smith Jam, Vol. 5) (Cobblestone, 1972)
 Portuguese Soul (Verve, 1973)
 Black Smith (Pride/Atlantic, 1974)
 Live In Israel (Isradisc, 1974) Israel only release
 Paid in Full (Mojo, 1974)
 Jimmy Smith '75 (Mojo, 1975)
 Sit on It! (Mercury, 1977)
 It's Necessary [live]  (Mercury, 1977)
 Unfinished Business (Mercury, 1978)
 Jimmy Smith Plays For The People (Polydor, 1978) South Africa only release
 Confirmation (Blue Note, 1979)
 Cool Blues [live] (Blue Note, 1980)
 The Cat Strikes Again (Inner City, 1981)
 On the Sunny Side (Blue Note, 1981)
 Second Coming (Mojo, 1981)
 Off the Top (Elektra Musician, 1982)
 Keep On Comin'  [live] (Elektra Musician, 1983)
 Special Guests (Blue Note, 1984)
 Go for Whatcha Know (Blue Note, 1985)
 Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (Blue Note, 1985) with Lou Donaldson
 Prime Time (Milestone, 1989)
 Fourmost [live] (Milestone, 1991)
 Sum Serious Blues (Milestone, 1993)
 The Master [live] (Blue Note, 1994)
 The Master II [live] (Blue Note, 1994)
 Damn! (Jimmy Smith album)|Damn! (Verve, 1995)
 Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams (Verve, 1996)
 All the Way Live (Milestone, 1996) with Eddie Harris
 Cherokee (Blue Note, 1996)
 Lonesome Road (Blue Note, 1996)
 Standards (Blue Note, 1998)
 Six Views of the Blues (Blue Note, 1999)
 Dot Com Blues (Blue Thumb, 2000)
 Fourmost Return [live] (Milestone, 2001)
 Black Cat (Castle Pie, 2001)
 Straight Life (Jimmy Smith album)|Straight Life'' (Blue Note, 2007)

Smith deltok i tillegg på en rekke andre utgivelser.

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