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Jimmie Smith

real name James Howard Smith

Jimmie Smith is credited on 527 releases across 127 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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527

Credits

127

Albums

7

Decades active

48

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James Howard Smith (born January 27, 1938, Newark, New Jersey) is an American jazz drummer. Smith studied at the Al Germansky School for Drummers in his home town of Newark from 1951–54, then attended the Juilliard School in 1959–60. He began his professional career in New York City around this time.
Played: Jimmy Forrest (1960), Larry Young (1960-1962), trio: Lambert Hendricks & Ross (1962-'63), Pony Poindexter (1963), Jimmy Witherspoon (1963), Gildo Mahones (1963), Jimmy McGriff (1963-'65), Groove Holmes (1965), Erroll Garner (1967-'74) and others.

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Credited work

527 releases · 127 albums · active 1960–2023

  • Performance · 559
  • Other credits · 1

Studios: Montreux Jazz Festival · Coast Recorders · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · RCA Studios, Hollywood

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