Release Date: 31 March 2008
Label: Proper Box
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 805520021395
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 31 March 2008
Label: Proper Box
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 805520021395
Genres: Jazz  
Description
While the electric organ was used in jazz by Fats Waller and Count Basie, Smith's virtuoso improvisation technique on the Hammond helped to popularize the electric organ as a jazz and blues instrument. For ballads, he played walking bass lines on the bass foot pedals. For uptempo tunes, he would play the bass line on the lower manual and use the pedals for emphasis on the attack of certain notes, which helped to emulate the attack and sound of a string bass. Smith influenced many other jazz organists. More recently, Smith influenced bands such as the Beastie Boys, who sampled the bassline from "Root Down (And Get It)" - and saluted Smith in the lyrics - for their own hit "Root Down", also Medeski, Martin & Wood and The Hayden-Eckert Ensemble. The Acid Jazz movement also reflects Smith's organ style.
Tracklisting
Peggy Lee
Various Artists
Tubby Hayes
Sonny Clark
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Prima & Keely Smith/Sam Butera
Pete Seeger
Various Artists
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith