Biography
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.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Bad
1987
Ill Communication
1994
Solid Gold Hits
2005
HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book I
1995
Anthology: The Sounds Of Science
1999
Back At The Chicken Shack
1963
Root Down
1995
Home Cookin'
1961
Got My Mojo Workin'
1966
Midnight Special
1961
Root Down - Jimmy Smith Live!
1972
Beastie Boys Music
2020
The Essential Michael Jackson
2005
Smackwater Jack
1971
Jimmy & Wes (The Dynamic Duo)
1967
Bashin'
1962
The Sermon!
1959
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 2
2019
It's Your Night
1983
Stars
1974
The Cat
1964
Prayer Meetin'
1964
It's Just Begun
1972
Organ Grinder Swing
1965
Credited work
3,441 releases · 418 albums · active 1954–2026
- Performance · 6,336
- Other credits · 276
- Production · 38
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Manhattan Towers · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Westlake Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Incredible Jimmy Smith
- Wes Montgomery
- Quincy Jones
- George Benson
- Jimmy McGriff
- Beastie Boys
- Michael Jackson