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Jimmy Smith 1928-2005

Where have I been? Just got the new Rolling Stone in the mail today and read the news that Jimmy Smith died on Feb. 8th. I know that some of you are fans, did you hear of this?

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  1. RPM says

    I had a chance to hear him play with Grady Tate and Kenny Burrell about 15 years ago at Fat Tuesdays, a tiny little club in Manhattan. It sounded like we were inside one of the Leslie speaker cabinets. He was really vivacious and salty. It was a great night. I think the first record of his that I heard was “Organ Grinder’s Swing”, one of the better ones he did for Verve (i.e. not over-orchestrated). I think I’ll play it right now…

  2. jer says

    yeah, just read about that in Paste magazine on the plane yesterday. cool magazine if you’ve never checked it out, I suggest it.

    pastemagazine.com

  3. Bjay says

    I had not heard of his passing. Indeed themusic world will miss his talents. The first time i saw him was at jazzfest in new orleans, his opening comment to the audience was “i came here to hurt you”. badass. bj



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