Jimmy Smith
- MatchJimmy Smith
- 100%Lou Donaldson
- 85%Grant Green
- 76%Hank Mobley
- 76%Kenny Burrell
- 74%Lee Morgan
- 71%Jimmy McGriff
- 70%Stanley Turrentine
- 66%Cole Porter
- 66%Duke Ellington
- 66%Horace Silver
Biography
James Oscar Smith, 8 December 1925 (1928 is also cited by some sources), Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 8 February 2005, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. The sound of the Hammond Organ in jazz was popularized by Smith, often using the prefix the incredible or the amazing. He became the most famous jazz organist of all times and possibly the most influential. Read more