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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