Jimmy Smith
Birthday
1925/12/08
Day of death
2005/02/08 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
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Biography
James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician whose albums often appeared on Billboard magazine charts. He helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music. In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon jazz musicians. There is confusion about Smith's birth year, with sources citing either 1925 or 1928. Born James Oscar ...Read more
Acting
(2004) One Night with Blue Note
as Self
(2009) Jazz Icons: Jimmy Smith Live in '69
as Self
(1966) Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 2. Ein Jazz-Organist in Amerika
as Self
(1966) Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
as Self
(1975) Street Girls
as Jimmy
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self