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The Incredible Jimmy Smith

April 12th, 2002

I’ve become addicted to Jimmy Smith, the king of the Jazz-Funk Hammond B3 organ. I actually found this page of Immortal Hammond Solos, and though there were many, none of the others quite matched Jimmy’s   mastery.

I absolutely love going to the basement, cranking it up, sticking on the headphones and playing along on the drums. Of course, my wife has a different opinion.

2 comments to “The Incredible Jimmy Smith”

  1. i have tryed to get jimmy in england but could not get it do you no where i might get it from thank you

         by mr saigeman February 5th, 2004 at 7:52 am

  2. […] His post is all the more relevant to me since Jazz plays a not insignificant part in who I am, and the photo he uses is of one of my Jazz heroes, Jimmy Smith […]

         by brentashley » Blog Archive » Jazz Programmer May 31st, 2007 at 2:35 pm