“people always ask me about my sound. it’s probably best explained in my approach to the organ. while others think of the organ as a full orchestra, i think of it as a horn. i’ve always been an admirer of charlie parker and I try to sound like him. I wanted that single-line sound like a trumpet, a tenor or an alto saxophone…” jazz legend and hammond b-3 organ slayer jimmy smith died last night. there are not too many old schoolers of his caliber left out there.

here are a few j.s. related links: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. see below for a gallery of some classic j.s. lp covers.

“ever since I was a child, i wanted to play the better type of music, even
classics. I haven’t done anything like that, but I’m going to. i’m going to
scare a lot of people with the incredible number of tones on the Hammond
Organ before I die.” -1964. you did jimmy, no worries.