Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Johnny " Hammond " Smith ( born December 16, 1933, Louisville, Kentucky; † 4 June 1997) is an American jazz musician and composer.

In addition to Jimmy Smith and Dr. Lonnie Smith, John Robert, called Johnny Hammond Smith the third of the Schmidt- Orgler. The Hammond B3 organ is his instrument. He discovered it when he heard Wild Bill Davis for themselves. With it, his responsibilities included Nancy Wilson. After moving to New York City, he played with his own small formations in the clubs. But it was the contract with Prestige, published it as modernists on the New Jazz label, earned him some recognition. Nevertheless, his contribution to jazz history is significantly lower than that of his " namesake ", even if the emission of LPs is surprisingly extensive. Some of it is now also appeared on CDs. In 1960 he participated in Lem Winchester Album Another Opus.

Discography

(almost all LPs under his own name )

  • All soul ( New Jazz NJ 8221 )
  • That good feeling ( New Jazz NJ 8229 )
  • Talk that talk ( New Jazz NJLP 8241 )
  • Getting 'the message ( Prestige PRLP 7217 )
  • Imagination Warwick (W 2003)
  • Stimulation ( Prestige PR LP7203 )
  • Opus de funk ( Prestige PR 7420 )
  • Look out! ( New Jazz NJ 8288 )
  • Cooks with Gator Tail ( Prestige PRLP 7239 )
  • Black Coffee ( Riverside RM 442)
  • Mr. Wonderful ( Riverside RM 466 )
  • Open house ( Riverside RM 482 )
  • A little taste ( Riverside RM 496 )
  • The stinger ( Prestige PR 7408 )
  • The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush ( Prestige PR 7464 )
  • Love potion no. 9 ( Prestige PR 7482 )
  • Ebb tide ( Prestige PR 7494 )
  • Soul flowers ( Prestige PR 7549 )
  • Dirty grape ( Prestige PR 7564 )
  • Nasty! ( Prestige PR 7588 )
  • Soul talk ( Prestige PR 7681 )
  • Black feeling! ( Prestige PRST 7736 )
  • Here it is ( Prestige P 10002 )
  • What's goin 'on? ( Prestige P10015 )
  • Break out ( Kudu KU- O1)
  • Wild horses rocksteady ( Kudu KU -04)
  • The prophet ( Kudu KU -10)
  • Higher ground ( Kudu KU -16)
  • Gambler's life ( Salvation 702)
  • Gears ( Milestone M 9062 )
  • Forever Taurus ( Milestone M 9068 )
  • Storm warning ( Milestone M 9076 )
  • Do not let the system get you ( Milestone M 9083 )
  • Charles Earland 's Jazz Organ Summit ( Cannonball Records CBD27102 (CD) )
  • Jazz organist
  • American composer
  • Born in 1933
  • Died in 1997
  • Man
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