Jimmy Smith
Though he was a late bloomer (he didn't start playing organ until age 28), Jimmy Smith is the single most influential figure in the history of jazz organ. He was the pioneering force in making the organ a lead instrument. And while he had bebop chops aplenty, his blues/R&B influences and preference for space over clutter also made him an icon of the subsequent acid jazz movement. Though his heyday was in the 1960s, the larger-than-life organist blazed ahead for decades afterward, until his death in February 2005.
Hobo Flats
Jimmy Smith
Verve (USA), 2008
1 CD
Live at Club Baby Grand, Vol. 1
Jimmy Smith
Blue Note Records (USA), 2008
1 CD
Live at Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2
Jimmy Smith
Blue Note Records (USA), 2008
1 CD
Live At The Village Gate
Jimmy Smith
Verve (USA), 2008
1 CD
The Definitive Collection
Jimmy Smith
Verve (USA), 2008
1 CD
Midnight Special
Jimmy Smith
Blue Note Records (USA), 2007
1 CD
Back at the Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Blue Note Records (USA), 2007
1 CD
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jimmy Smith
Verve (USA), 2007
1 CD
