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Jimmy Smith, RIP

Jeff Taylor | 2.11.2005 11:57 AM

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If you like your music with an ounce of soul or groove, say a little thank you to Jimmy Smith. Smith made the organ hip, coaxing out sounds that were at once sophisticated and funky.

You can't go wrong with anything in his catalog, I'm partial to his work with guitarist Wes Montgomery.

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Jeff Taylor is a contributing editor at Reason.

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