Artist: Jimmy Smith
Birth Name: James Oscar Smith
Born: December 8, 1925. Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: February 8, 2005 (Aged 79). Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz
Occupation: Musician
Instruments: Hammond B-3, Electric Organ
Jimmy Smith was an American Jazz Musician. He wasn't the first organ player in Jazz but no one had a greater influence with the instrument that he did. He recorded more than 30 albums for Blue Note Records between 1956 and 1963, collaborating with the likes of Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine and Jackie McLean. In 1963, he signed a new record deal with Verve. In 2005, he was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon Jazz Musicians.
Born: December 8, 1925. Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: February 8, 2005 (Aged 79). Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz
Occupation: Musician
Instruments: Hammond B-3, Electric Organ
Jimmy Smith was an American Jazz Musician. He wasn't the first organ player in Jazz but no one had a greater influence with the instrument that he did. He recorded more than 30 albums for Blue Note Records between 1956 and 1963, collaborating with the likes of Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine and Jackie McLean. In 1963, he signed a new record deal with Verve. In 2005, he was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon Jazz Musicians.
Title: Jimmy & Wes The Dynamic Duo (Verve Vault Series) (2025)
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz
Lavel: Verve
Rating: *****
Format: LP
Tracks:
Side One:
1. Down By The Riverside (10:02)
2. Night Train (6:46)
Side Two:
1. James And Wes (8:13)
2. 13 (Death March) (5:22)
3. Baby It's Cold Outside (6:05)
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith: Hammond Organ
Wes Montgomery: Guitar
Grady Tate: Drums
Ray Ashton: Conga
Additional Musicians: Tracks: 1/1, 2, 2/2
Bob Ashton: Reed
Danny Bank: Reed
Jerry Dodgion: Reed
Jerome Richardson: Reed
Phil Woods: Reed
Clark Terry: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ernie Royal: Trumpet
Jimmy Maxwell: Trumpet
Joe Newman: Trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland: Trombone
Melba Liston: Trombone
Quentin Jackson: Trombone
Tony Studd: Bass Trombone on Tracks: 1/1, 2
Dick Hixson: Bass Trombone on Track 2/2
Richard Davis: Bass
Jimmy & Wes The Dynamic Duo is an album by Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery, originally released in 1966 by Verve, remastered and reissued on November 14, 2025 by Verve. 180 Gram Vinyl.
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