Robert Palmer, Johnny Cash, ODB (ok, just kidding about that one)... and now...
Jazz Organ Pioneer Jimmy Smith DiesIf you don't check out any of the classics listed in the article, one album you should definitely check out is Damn! Besides his version of Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, there's this arrangement of Herbie's Watermelon Man that's a must for anyone tired of the same old version redone over and over.
Wed Feb 9, 2005 5:00 PM ET
By Arthur Spiegelman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Organist Jimmy Smith, who helped change the sound of jazz by almost single-handedly introducing the electric riffs of the Hammond B-3 organ, has died at age 79 at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, his record label said on Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the Concord record label said Smith died of natural causes.
Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 8, 1925, Smith ruled the Hammond B-3 in the 1950s and 1960s and blended jazz, blues, R&B, bebop and even gospel into an exciting stew that came to known as "soul jazz" -- an idiom that produced imitators, followers and fans.
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