These two albums were recorded nearly ten years apart, the first for Blue Note and the second for Verve. The First, The Sermon, contains only three tracks, presented here with no editing and no ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Jimmy Smith, a pioneering jazz organist, died February 8, 2005.

Once described as an "excitement merchant" for his soul-stirring sound, keyboard wizard Jimmy Smith brought the Hammond B-3 organ from novelty... Jimmy Smith: Organ Grinder Swing Once described as an ...

Jimmy Smith, 76, a jazz genius who for more than 40 years coaxed unlikely sounds of soul and jazz sophistication from an unlikely instrument, the Hammond B3 organ, was found dead Feb. 8 at his home in ...

Jimmy Smith, the man almost universally regarded as the first and greatest electric organ player in jazz, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Before Smith, the organ had a ...