Jimmy Smith

Also known as James Smith, James Oscar Smith, James Oscar, Jimmy Smith (musician), The Incredible Jimmy Smith

American jazz organist

Person · Open Library

Works: 20

Top works

Service
Physique Formula
Is Your Life Wrapped in A Napkin?
Jimmy and Nath : Funny Stuff No One Asked For
Side Hustle to Full Time Income

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Film & TV

Acting · Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

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. James Oscar Smith was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania…

Known for

Jazz Icons: Jimmy Smith Live in '69 — Self2009
One Night with Blue Note — Self2004
Champs-Elysées — Self1982
Street Girls — Jimmy1975
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 2. Ein Jazz-Organist in Amerika — Self1966
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith — Self1966

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1925
Active to: 2005

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 438,513
Total plays: 3,812,373

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,717x
Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 41,857x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,522x
GROMACS: High performance molecular simulations through multi-level parallelism from laptops to supercomputers
· 2015 · cited 24,188x
Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 22,013x

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Key facts

Born: James Oscar Smith , ( 1928-12-08 ) December 8, 1928, Norristown, Pennsylvania , U.S.
Died: February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08) (aged 76), Scottsdale, Arizona , U.S.
Genres: Hard bop soul jazz jazz-funk
Occupation: Musician
Instrument: Hammond organ
Works: Jimmy Smith discography
Years active: 1948–2005
Labels: Blue Note Verve Milestone Elektra His Master's Voice

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Image: Jimmy Smith (1958 publicity photo).jpg

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Commons category: Jimmy Smith
date of birth: 1928-12-08
date of death: 2005-02-08
start of work period: 1956-00-00
pseudonym: The Incredible Jimmy Smith
birth name: James Oscar Smith
name in native language: Jimmy Smith
end of work period: 1972-00-00

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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.