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)[9]
- 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)[10] 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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