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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 418 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,335

Pressings credited

418

Albums

8

Decades active

579

In collections

Biography

James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music. In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon jazz musicians.

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Credited work

2,335 releases · 418 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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