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Jimmy Smith

US jazz organist

United States · 1925-12-08 – 2005-02-08

Jimmy Smith is credited on 2,335 releases across 420 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,335

Credits

420

Albums

8

Decades active

640

In collections

Biography

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American jazz keyboardist, born 8 December 1928 in Norristown, Philadelphia, USA, died 8 February 2005 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA (aged 76). He was married. Best known as a jazz musician who performed on the Hammond B-3 electric organ, which helped to popularize the instrument greatly. In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honour that a US jazz musician can attain.
For the Sun session pianist, see Jimmy Smith.
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Credited work

2,335 releases · 420 albums · active 1954–2025

  • Performance · 4,120
  • Other credits · 95
  • Production · 28
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Manhattan Towers · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · A&R Studios

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