Jimmy Smith

Known for: Actor
Date of birth: 1925. December 8.
Place of birth: Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music. In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor t...