Acting
Jimmy Smith
Born — Died
1925-12-08 — 2005-02-08
Place of birth
Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Acting
Credits
6 titles
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 northwest of Philadelphia. He joined his father doing a song-and-dance routine in clubs at the age of six. He began teaching himself to play the piano. When he was nine, Smith won a Philadelphia radio talent contest as a boogie-woogie pianist. After a period in the U.S. Navy, he began furthering his musi…
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Champs-Elysées
1982
3.7When a middle-aged father searches for his dropout daughter, Angel, his quest takes him into the underworld of prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts and thieves. Angel has become a dancer in a topless bar, and her dealer boyfriend is turning her on to heroin.
Street Girls
1975
Jazz and its milieu. Klaus Wildenhahn films the Jimmy Smith Trio in New York. With the addition of a white guitarist, Kenny Burrell, the band is in the studio recording the Rolling Stones current hit “Satisfaction”, as a tribute to the successful British Beat musicians, who were themselves inspired by blues and jazz.
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 2. Ein Jazz-Organist in Amerika
1966
An account of the first European tour of American jazz organist Jimmy Smith and his trio in 1965, replete with backstage footage and music.
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
1966
4.2Jazz Icons: Jimmy Smith boasts an incredible 90-minute concert from 1969 filmed in Paris. Working in his classic trio format (with longtime guitarist Eddie McFadden and drummer Charlie Crosby), Jimmy shows why he is still the uncontested king of the jazz organ. Highlights include blues jams “Got My Mojo Working” and “Sonnymoon For Two,” the classic ballads “Alfie” and “Satin Doll,” as well as a blinding 23-minute version of his showcase number “The Sermon.” Tracklist France 1969 1. Sonnymoon For Two 2. Days Of Wine And Roses 3. The Sermon 4. Alfie 5. Satin Doll 6. Organ Grinder's Swing 7. Got My Mojo Working 8. See See Rider 9. A Funky Blues Called I Don't Know 10. My Romance 11. Satin Doll
Jazz Icons: Jimmy Smith Live in '69
2009
7.1Concert performance by 30 jazz greats from the Blue Note label, at Town Hall, New York City, February 22nd, 1985.
One Night with Blue Note
2004
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
4.2Jazz Icons: Jimmy Smith boasts an incredible 90-minute concert from 1969 filmed in Paris. Working in his classic trio format (with longtime guitarist Eddie McFadden and drummer Charlie Crosby), Jimmy shows why he is still the uncontested king of the jazz organ. Highlights include blues jams “Got My Mojo Working” and “Sonnymoon For Two,” the classic ballads “Alfie” and “Satin Doll,” as well as a blinding 23-minute version of his showcase number “The Sermon.” Tracklist France 1969 1. Sonnymoon For Two 2. Days Of Wine And Roses 3. The Sermon 4. Alfie 5. Satin Doll 6. Organ Grinder's Swing 7. Got My Mojo Working 8. See See Rider 9. A Funky Blues Called I Don't Know 10. My Romance 11. Satin Doll
Jazz Icons: Jimmy Smith Live in '69
2009
7.1Concert performance by 30 jazz greats from the Blue Note label, at Town Hall, New York City, February 22nd, 1985.
One Night with Blue Note
2004
1960s · 2 titles
Jazz and its milieu. Klaus Wildenhahn films the Jimmy Smith Trio in New York. With the addition of a white guitarist, Kenny Burrell, the band is in the studio recording the Rolling Stones current hit “Satisfaction”, as a tribute to the successful British Beat musicians, who were themselves inspired by blues and jazz.
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 2. Ein Jazz-Organist in Amerika
1966
An account of the first European tour of American jazz organist Jimmy Smith and his trio in 1965, replete with backstage footage and music.
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
1966