New York Sun

Jimmy Smith, 79; Jazz Organist Was Master of the Hammond B-3

Jimmy Smith, the man almost universally regarded as the first and greatest electric organ player in jazz, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Before Smith, the organ had a ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Jimmy Smith: Organ Grinder Swing

Once described as an "excitement merchant" for his soul-stirring sound, keyboard wizard Jimmy Smith brought the Hammond B-3 organ from novelty... Jimmy Smith: Organ Grinder Swing Once described as an ...
Houston Chronicle

Jazz organ pioneer Jimmy Smith dies at 79

LOS ANGELES -- Organist Jimmy Smith, who helped change the sound of jazz by almost single-handedly introducing the electric riffs of the Hammond B-3 organ, has died at age 79 at his home in Scottsdale ...
WUNC

Celebrating 100 years (give or take) of jazz organist Jimmy Smith

This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli. Reference books give the birth date of the great jazz organist Jimmy Smith as December 8, 1925, 100 years ago. More recent sources cite 1928 as ...
Yahoo

‘When you turn it on, it’s like blowing snot at you’: How the Hammond organ revolutionised rock

Keyboard player Jon Lord performing with British rock group Deep Purple, circa 1975 - Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images We all know the sounds of the mighty Hammond organ when we hear them, from the ...