Jimmy Smith: The Sermon and Organ Grinder Swing article by David Adler, published on January 1, 2001 at All About Jazz. Find more Multiple Reviews articles ...

Once described as an "excitement merchant" for his soul-stirring sound, keyboard wizard Jimmy Smith brought the Hammond B-3 organ from novelty status to the forefront of the jazz community through ...

Smith transformed the organ into a front-line instrument and helped launch a "soul jazz" movement that lasted into the '70s.

Jimmy Smith At the Organ, Volume 3 Blue Note 2005 That breakthrough was just a few years away, as chronicled on this volume from June, 1956. It's a nearly unrecognizable Smith we hear now: more ...

Columbus native Tony Monaco started on an instrument few would associate with jazz: the accordion. But when he was 12, a friend of his father’s gave him Jimmy Smith’s Greatest Hits!, a best-of ...

LOS ANGELES -- Organist Jimmy Smith, who helped change the sound of jazz by almost single-handedly introducing the electric riffs of the Hammond B-3 organ, has died at age 79 at his home in ...