Jimmy Smith News

On Wednesday morning, Jimmy Smith called to say he had had 11 drinks Tuesday night.

If jazz is America's soundtrack, periodically updated by tonal seismic shifts, then Corey Christiansen's third release, Roll With It , is one such shift.

Whether its classical music, jazz or rock, there's something for every music-lover coming up in the live, local music scene.

The music of Joey DeFrancesco -- an important force in the revival of the Hammond B-3 organ as a jazz instrument -- runs the gamut from soul-jazz and bluesy grooves a la Jimmy Smith to hard bop to the more ...

The Lorain County Latino Celebration is September 20 and 21, 2008. This event has been created as a part of National Hispanic Heritage Month which begins September 15 and ends on October 15.

Steve Howe is predominantly known for his guitar work with the band Yes. Over the years he has embarked on several side and solo projects with varying degrees of success, but his latest venture may be his ...

DR. LONNIE SMITH is what many musicians refer to as a "road warrior," one who tours consistently with or without a new album to promote.

HammondCast 147 KYOURADIO with special guest JOHN NADY interview with Jon and music from his band NADY ALLIANCE "Chasing Down The Flame" and "All I Need" ARETHA FRANKLIN "Bridge Over Troubled Water", SIMON & ...

Bryan Beninghove puts a different spin on the jazz trio. Instead of piano or guitar with bass and drums, he heads sax-organ-drums combo.

The most important decision came in 2000, when nationally-renowned Hammond organ ace Jim Alfredson and guitarist Joe Gloss hooked up with veteran drummer Randy Marsh to form Organissimo.

Hammond Eggs #1 "The bluesier side of Jazz" Milt Jackson - Can't Help Lovin' That Man Jimmy Smith - All The Things That You Are Tab Smith - Because Of You Spot Barnett - Summertime Leroy Carr - Papa's Got Your ...

Jimmy Smith ruled the Hammond organ in the '50s and '60s. He revolutionized the instrument, showing it could be creatively used in a jazz context and popularized in the process.

Meet Ondrej Pivec: Ondrej Pivec started his career as a classical pianist, but soon turned to jazz-he started to play the Hammond organ before he was 20 years old.

I'm back from Europe, and just learned that the great Jimmy McGriff, one of the true soul masters of the Hammond B-3 organ, passed away during my honeymoon.

Soulful, funky and blues-inflected jazz organist Jimmy McGriff passed away over the weekend.

A NY City Center Encores! presentation of a musical in three acts with book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Irving Caesar and Harbach, originally adapted and directed by ... via Variety

“With pianist Geoff Keezer (an Eau Claire native) I'm on (singer) Dianne Reeves' new record.”

Most jazz musicians polish their credentials and their chops as sidemen in other people's bands before drawing heavier paychecks as leaders. via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Where have you been all my life and why haven't we heard of you before?”

After a dynamic one-hour show Friday at the Civic Theatre, it appeared that jazz organist Trudy Pitts was just warmed up. via Kalamazoo Gazette

MANSFIELD -- The Tony Monaco Trio will appear as the third concert of the Renaissance Jazz Series at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Renaissance Theatre. via News Journal

“We're looking forward to finally playing our first show in Des Moines, after years of entertaining great audiences in Iowa”

By MOLLY HOTTLE * REGISTER STAFF WRITER * April 14, 2008 Local government officials plan to give longtime entertainer and musician Billy Joel perhaps more than he bargained for in return for his first-ever Des ... via Http