Jimmy Smith (musician)
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James Oscar Smith was an American jazz musician who helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music.
Smith in 1958
Smith at the London Jazz Cafe Mar 2004 (final UK gig)
Smith at the Liri Blues Festival in 2004
Smith in 2005
Root Down (album)
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Root Down is a 1972 live jazz album by Jimmy Smith, released on the Verve label. It was recorded in the Bombay Bicycle Club in Los Angeles on February 8, 1972. It includes the song "Root Down " which
Jimmy Smith (musician)
…Dixon on drums, Herman Riley and John F. Phillips on saxophone; also included in the band was harmonica/flute player Stanley Behrens. The 1972 album Root Down, considered a seminal influence on later generations of funk and hip-hop musicians, was recorded live at the club, albeit with a different group of…
Root Down Jimmy