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Jimmy Smith revolutionized the Hammond organ in the ’50s and ’60s. His Blue Note Records sessions from 1956 to 1963 were extremely influential in showing the instrument could be creatively used in a jazz context Celebrate #BlueNoteRecords 85th Anniversary with #jazzisdead in February of 2024! We will be hosting The Blue Note Quintet, a group brought together to honor the label’s rich history, on this west-coast tour. @geraldclayton @imjoelmross @immanuel.wilkins @kadscott @matthewcbrewer. Dates

Before Jimmy Smith, the electric organ had been nearly a novelty in jazz; it was he who made it an important instrument in the genre and influenced nearly every subsequent notable organist in jazz and rock, including Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Larry Young, Shirley Scott, Al Kooper and Joey DeFrancesco. By 1955 -- which coincidentally was the year Hammond introduced its most popular model, the Hammond B3, he had an organ trio with a new sound. His appearances at Birdland and the 1957 Newport Jaz