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	Jimmy Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jimmy Smith, nicknamed "The Incredible Jimmy Smith", (December 8, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose instrument was the Hammond B-3 electric organ.
		Smith was influenced by both gospel and blues.
		Smith is widely recognized as introducing the electric organ as a legitimate musical instrument, capable of vituoso improvisation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmy_Smith (629 words)

	Sports Litter: Meet Jimmy Smith
		Jimmy Smith is perhaps the most under rated receiver in recent years and possibly of all time.
		Jimmy was cut just in time for the Jaguars to pick him up as a number 3 or 4 WR during their expansion year.
		Jimmy Smith was one of the most prolific WRs of the late 90s earning several Pro Bowl selections.
	sportslitter.blogspot.com /2005/12/meet-jimmy-smith.html (1237 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 Jazz Profiles - Jimmy Smith
		Smith established a small group that had no bassist (he played the basslines himself with his feet on the organ pedals), but usually featured guitar and drums, as well as often adding a tenor sax.
		Smith remains a master of the slow build, settling into a blues groove and adding excitement and tension over chorus after chorus.
		Smith worked to produce a distinctive sound on the Hammond, and his style is widely imitated, not least among the school of Philadelphia players who have emerged in his shadow.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/jazz/profiles/jimmy_smith.shtml (287 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Jimmy Smith
		Jimmy Smith, who died in New York on Tuesday aged 79, was the first and greatest jazz virtuoso of the Hammond organ; not only did he devise, unaided, a new technique for the instrument, he established a basic jazz vocabulary for it.
		Smith dispensed with the instrument's built-in tremolo effect, employing instead a separate device called a Leslie loudspeaker, containing horns mounted on spinning discs.
		Smith continued touring until 1975, when he moved to Los Angeles and opened Jimmy Smith's Jazz Supper Club in partnership with his wife, Lola.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/11/db1102.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/02/11/ixportal.html (903 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Organist Jimmy Smith: The Heart of Soul Jazz
		Smith had recently finished an album with DeFrancesco and was to begin a tour with him next week.
		Smith wasn't the first to address the electric organ, which had been introduced in the mid-'30s: Fats Waller and Count Basie both toyed with it, and Wild Bill Davis and Bill Doggett had some RandB-flavored hits with it in the '40s and early '50s.
		Smith's recordings over the past 25 years never matched his earlier work, although even recently his live performances showed remarkable consistency in terms of his improvising skills and devotion to hard-swinging, blues-based jazz.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A15653-2005Feb10?language=printer (705 words)

	JIMMY SMITH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		With Smith playing a bass line with his feet, this tiny ensemble could produce a sound that was not only musically complete but also full enough to be heard in the liveliest nightclub.
		Jimmy's musical inventiveness and command of the Hammond made believers out of sceptics, who had previously viewed the organ as more of a novelty instrument than a fully expressive jazz tool.
		Jimmy also recorded two albums with master arranger Lab Schifrin, the first in the 1960s on Hammond, and a second, less successful, in the 1980s with Smith playing a Wersi organ.
	www.hammond-organ.com /Artists/jimmy_smith.htm (864 words)

	Jazz \| All About Jazz
		Jimmy Smith was born James Oscar Smith on December 8, 1928 in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
		Smith practiced alone and faithfully every day in a warehouse until he had "tamed the beast"; he's a certified, self-taught master.
		Smith made his New York debut at the Cafe Bohemia in 1956, followed by gigs at Birdland and a memorable 1957 Newport Jazz Festival appearance that had tongues wagging.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /artists/jsmith.htm (369 words)

	Jimmy Smith - Wikipedia
		Jimmy Smith [ˈdʒɪmi ˈsmɪθ] (eigentlich James Oscar Smith) (* 8.
		Jimmy Smith war jahrelang auf den Poll-Gewinn des Jazzmagazins Down Beat in der Kategorie Orgel abonniert, die die Zeitschrift erst 1964 extra für ihn eingeführt hatte.
		Jimmy Smith spielte zunächst Klavier und Bass und wandte sich erst 1951 der Orgel zu.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmy_Smith (670 words)

	Jimmy Smith -- set standard for organ-based jazz
		Jimmy Smith, the reigning "Emperor of the Hammond Organ" who was widely credited with turning it from a novelty instrument in jazz to a legitimate option for keyboard players, has died.
		Smith had been working regularly in recent months and was preparing for a national tour with friend and fellow organist Joey DeFrancesco to promote their Concord Records release, "Legacy," due out next week.
		Smith didn't introduce the organ to jazz, he is credited with breaking new ground with it in more than five decades at the keyboard.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/10/BAGG0B8J261.DTL (556 words)

	Blue Note Records
		BORN: December 8, 1925, Norristown, PA Jimmy Smith has been setting the standard for how the Hammond B-3 organ should be played in jazz for over 40 years with a distinctive style combining the soulful sounds of R&B with the more sophisticated vocabulary of bebop.
		Smith's infallible sense of swing and authoritative command of the blues has significantly influenced several generations of musicians including, most recently, Medeski, Martin & Wood.
		Smith made his Blue Note debut in 1956 with Kenny Burrell and after signing with the label collaborated with Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Ike Quebec and Stanley Turrentine, among many others, while also releasing several trio recordings.
	www.bluenote.com /artistpage.asp?ArtistID=3393&tab=1 (338 words)

	Jimmy Smith
		Jimmy left school in the seventh grade to help his dad who was having knee problems.
		Jimmy Smith's new sound utilized the first three drawbars and the percussion feature of the Hammond B-3 model newly introduced in 1955.
		Jimmy Smith persevered in times when the Hammond organ looked like it was down and out.
	www.jazzateria.com /roots/jsmith.html (856 words)

	Face Off - Jimmy Smith
		Let’s look deeper into Jimmy Smith to see if the rumors of his demise are truth or fallacy.
		Jimmy Smith has been a solid receiver in the NFL for seven consecutive seasons.
		His age combined with the ultraconservative Jaguars attack, combined with a pretty strong defensive unit in Jacksonville are all solid reasons to keep him from cracking the top 20 this season.
	www.footballguys.com /03face_jimmysmith.htm (605 words)

	Jazz pioneer Jimmy Smith dies - Race in America - MSNBC.com
		Smith continued to blaze after he left Blue Note for Verve in 1963, which marked a point of stylistic departure for him in terms of repertoire and instrumentation.
		Smith’s tenure with Verve concluded in 1972. Like many other jazz musicians in the ’70s, his recording career suffered once record companies started ignoring jazz in favor of rock and RandB. His output on the Decca, Milestone and Elektra labels throughout the late-’70s and ’80s is noticeably smaller than his extensive discography in the’60s.
		Smith is survived by two sisters, Janet Taylor and Anita Jones; and three children, Jia, Connie and Jimmy, Jr.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/6941860 (670 words)

	Jimmy Smith on Blue Note: The Hard Bop Homepage
		Jimmy Smith was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1925.
		This led Smith to intensive self-tutoring for three months in 1955, a process he described in detail to Feather: "When finally I got enough money for a down payment on my own organ I put it in a warehouse and I took a big sheet of paper and drew a floor plan of the pedals.
		Smith was making his first New York appearance, at Small's Paradise in Harlem, in January 1956, when Lion heard him and immediately signed him to a contract.
	members.tripod.com /~hardbop/jsmith.html (674 words)

	jazzbrat.com - Jimmy Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jimmy Smith is not a humble man. If you were to ask him who the best organ player in the world is, he would probably say "Jimmy Smith".
		Smith first learned to play from his parents, who were both pianists.
		Smith’s albums were mixtures of original music and covers of everything from Duke Ellington, to the Rolling Stones, to James Brown.
	www.jazzbrat.com /templates/jpage.php?u_pageid=22 (519 words)

	ISHOF - Jimmy Smith (USA) - 1992 Honor Pioneer Water Polo/Contributor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Smith introduced and wrote them, developing many of the modern rules which are used in competition today, including the use of the yellow rubberized ball adopted by FINA in 1956.
		Smith used his athletic experience to begin his professional career as a swimming and water polo coach and collegiate athletic director.
		Jimmy Smith is honored for his achievements, friendships, and trail-blazing accomplishments in the sport of water polo.
	www.ishof.org /92jsmith.html (494 words)

	Jimmy Smith: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jimmy Smith (December 8, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Smith was influenced by both gospel[For more, click on this link] and blues blues quick summary:
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ji/jimmy_smith.htm (1186 words)

	Jimmy Smith \| NFL Football at CBS SportsLine.com
		Jimmy Smith, a five-time Pro Bowl selection who overcame several health problems during his 12 seasons, scheduled a news conference Thursday with the Jacksonville Jaguars to announce his decision to retire.
		Smith contemplated retirement during the offseason, but Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio asked him to take his time and be sure he was making the right choice.
		Smith was an incredibly reliable Fantasy receiver, being a regular 1,000-yard and multiple touchdown guy over the last 10 seasons.
	www.sportsline.com /nfl/players/playerpage/1236 (264 words)

	NEA Jazz Masters JimmySmith
		Though not the first purveyor of the organ in jazz music, Jimmy Smith is not only the signature organist of the modern jazz era, he is also the first organist selected as a Jazz Master.
		Smith possesses an instantly-recognizable style coupled with an irresistible sense of the blues.
		Jimmy Smith came by his keyboard prowess honestly, his parents were both pianists and his dad was his first teacher.
	www.iaje.org /bio.asp?ArtistID=81 (375 words)

	Jimmy Smith
		I received a phone call the night before the Jimmy Smith rental to ask if I could be there at 12.30pm, instead of 2.00pm as first requested.
		Jimmy had been playing full chords and full bass pedal at full volume, with the Leslies set quite high, and that any 147 will give out distortion played in that manner.
		I did notice that when Jimmy sat down first of all that the organ sounded just fine......but I feel after he had checked it out, he had to find a problem.....as there was no problem….he invented one.
	www.vintage.force9.co.uk /Jimmy2.html (1736 words)

	jimmy's hot rod design - about jimmy
		Jimmy said one of his earliest memories was sitting on the driveshaft hump in his Uncle’s gutted race car watching what must have been Grand avenue whizzing by through the hole where the shifter came in.
		Jimmy is married and has two boys now and runs Jimmy Smith Hot Rod Design and Illustration.
		Jimmy Smith would like to do hot rod art for you too, so get a hold of him for any automotive art needs you may have.
	www.jimmyshotroddesign.com /about.html (257 words)

	TexasBestGrok: RIP Jimmy Smith
		Jimmy Smith, who made the Hammond organ one of the most popular sounds in jazz beginning in the mid-1950's, died on Tuesday at his home in Phoenix.
		Before Jimmy Smith, the electric organ had been nearly a novelty in jazz; it was he who made it an important instrument in the genre and influenced nearly every subsequent notable organist in jazz and rock, including Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Larry Young, Shirley Scott, Al Kooper and Joey DeFrancesco.
		Smith grew up in a musical family in Norristown, Pa., near Philadelphia; by his early teens he was competently playing stride piano and performing as a dancer in a team with his father, a day-laboring plasterer who also played piano at night.
	texasbestgrok.mu.nu /archives/067211.php (665 words)

	Jazz Musician Jimmy Smith, Master Organist, Dies at 76 (washingtonpost.com)
		Jimmy Smith, 76, a jazz genius who for more than 40 years coaxed unlikely sounds of soul and jazz sophistication from an unlikely instrument, the Hammond B3 organ, was found dead Feb. 8 at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., by his manager, Robert Clayton.
		Jimmy Smith was designated a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, the nation's highest honor in jazz.
		He was dubbed the Incredible Jimmy Smith and is credited with being the first jazz organist to combine the blues-drenched sounds of R&B with the more sophisticated rhythms of bebop.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A15770-2005Feb10.html (852 words)

	Jimmy Smith @ The Jazz Files
		Jimmy Smith took the organ from novelty status in jazz to primary instrument status, having learned to develop bass lines with his feet, chordal accompaniment and solo lines with his right hand.
		The past 40-plus years, Smith has toured internationally and recorded with many of jazz's biggest names in a variety of contexts, from trios and quartets on up to large ensembles.
		When Smith moved Los Angeles, he and his wife, Lola, opened a jazz club, Jimmy Smith's Jazz Supper Club Smith's aggressive style of organ playing is a unique blend of bop with randb.
	www.thejazzfiles.com /JazzSmith.htm (232 words)

	The NFL Directory: jimmy smith holdout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wide receiver Jimmy Smith and the Jacksonville Jaguars have come to terms on a new contract, ending a holdout that endured through the team's preseason.
		Jimmy Smith ends his holdout and rejoins the Jaguars after agreeing to a revised deal.
		Jimmy Smith is the NFL's most prolific receiver over the past six years, but he scored only eight...
	www.thenfldirectory.com /9/jimmy-smith-holdout-.html (797 words)

	Jimmy Smith - Verve Records
		Taj Mahal delivers a scintillating performance on his composition "Strut." Comping tastefully behind Taj and Smith for most of the tune, Malone steps to the forefront for a searing solo that is one of the album's high points.
		Smith's spry playing on this track is ably assisted by the Texicali Horns and Was (Not Was) vocalists Sir Harry Bowens and Sweet Pea Atkinson.
		While listening to playbacks during the session, Smith dozed off momentarily and when he awoke, he immediately corralled the other musicians (including the fabulous John Clayton on upright bass) back into the studio to cut a strong, spontaneous version of this standard.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /artist.aspx?aid=2740 (824 words)

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