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
James O. Smith
Biography
James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who 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. James Oscar Smith was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania northwest of Philadelphia. He joined his father doing a song-and-dance routine in clubs at the age of six...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