Jimmy Smith (December 8, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose instrument was the Hammond B-3 electric organ.

Innate James Oscar Smith around Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. Smith was influenced by each gospel and blues. He number 1 achieved prominence in the 1950s where his recordings became popular on jukeboxes before there were commonly utilized terms to describe his unique musical flavor. In the sixties and seventies he helped create a jazz style called 'funk' or 'soul jazz'.

Jimmy Smith listed the unique system to emulate the string bass streaming video player on the organ. Although he played walking bass lines in a pedals on ballads, for uptempo tunes, he would play a bass line on the moo manual & utilize the pedals for emphasis on the attack of certain notes. His solos were characterized by percussive chords mixed by having in no time melodic improvisation with the right hand. He typically utilized the drawbar registration of 868000000 or even 888000000 on the moo manual, which he utilized for the bass line & comping chords. He utilized a similar registration on the upper manual, which he utilized for soloing, however using the addition of the Hammond's percussion circuit.

Smith was the prolific recording creative person. He number one recorded by using a Blue Note label in 1956. His early albums by having Blue Note sold super easily, aiding a label's efforts to prepare more creative person. It include House Cookin', A Sermon, Midnight Favorite, Prayer Meetin', & Back at a Chicken Shack.

Smith switched to Verve Records label in 1963. Smith's albums by owning Vitality include: A Boss; dot-com blues; Root Down; Jimmy Smith's Finest Hour; Peter & The Wolf; Ultimate Jimmy Smith; Any Number Can Win, The Cat...The Incredible...; Bashin'; The Dynamic Duo with Wes Montgomery; Got My Mojo Workin' / Hoochie Coochie Man; Angel Eyes; Talkin' Verve: Roots Of Acid Jazz; Walk On The Wild Side: Best- Years; Damn!; Jazz Masters 29; Jazz 'Round Midnight; Further Adventures Of Jimmy and Wes; Christmas Cookin'; and Organ Grinder Swing.

It was in that time period that he began the regular collaboration sustaining Guitarist Wes Montgomery.

Smith recorded by having the to the full orchestra & worked by owning arrangers & conductors like Lalo Schifrin and Oliver Nelson. He too worked around microscopic groups that featured numbers of of the better jazzman of his era: Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Donald "Duck Bailey", Grady Tate, Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Ike Quebec, and Stanley Turrentine among them. There are too many recordings by using more creative person available including: Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson; Love And Peace: A Tribute To Horace Silver - Dee Dee Bridgewater; The Very Best Of Christmas Jazz - Various Artists; Blue Bash! - Kenny Burrell.

His influence has been felt through multiple generations & musical genre. A Beastie Boys, Medeski, Martin & Wood, and The Hayden-Eckert Ensemble are among the better known contemporary bands that pay tribute to Smith's sensibilities and sound. A Acid Jazz movement as well reflects Smith's influences.

Smith died within February 9, 2005, in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.