To continue on last week's theme, today I offer some more holiday music you'll never hear in the shopping mall. Jimmy Smith, for those who don't know, might have been the most influential individual to touch the Hammond B3. While he was far from the first jazz musician to use the instrument, he shaped the way it's used in jazz and blues. If you like Medeski, Martin, and Wood – or really any band using the B3 today – you should do yourself a favor and listen to more Jimmy Smith. Organists are still ripping off Smith's riffs and techniques [...]
Oh, look what Santa brought! Yes, everything from the sentimental to the chemically-enchanced is there, right there under the tree! And what's that? A DMCA takedown notice? Oh, Santa, you shouldn't have! Twelve Days Of Christmas - Peter Brogs "On the first day of Christmas my Jah Jah gave to me/ A garden full of sensi." And what says 'Christmas' like highly potent cannabis plants? [...]
In the spirit of previous posts like Guys Will Be Guys and the memorable Olds Convertibles - Then And Now , today's entry in the slideshow sweepstakes features a look at something truly amazing - or gauche, depending on your point of view. Once again the pictures were sent in by one of our regulars (thanks, M!) and this particular set shows what has to one of the most spectacular motor homes ever made. It not only has a host of luxurious touches, but also a separate [...]
A bit saddened to hear that another of my fave soul/funk artists Eugene McDaniels (AKA Gene McDaniels) passed away yesterday. While his reputation amongst beat junkies and rare groove collectors is set in wax, I would definitely label him obscure to the average Jake Blues. However anyone owning a copy of Tribe Called Quest' s "People's Instinctive Travels…" may recall the snippets of McDaniel's eerie Jagger The Dagger playing betwixt interludes. Eugene started out his career in the early 60s as 'Gene McDaniels' making top 40 fluff [...]
I was watching Allen Toussaint's recording of Austin City Limits and before playing Get Out My Life Woman, Toussaint says, "This song coming up is a song that I wrote for brother Lee Dorsey many years ago but it was really made popular by another great person, but it's my most covered song of all songs I've written - I'm not sure why.....because ten minutes after I wrote it, I was quite confused." And I...I just don't know what cover he is referring to. It's been covered by so many [...]
Heading to the Foals concert I really had no idea what to expect and to be honest, I didn't do a ton of research on reviews from previous shows. I wanted to form my own opinion, I wanted to know whether the live performance could live up to what I've heard from their albums. Short [...]
Jimmy Smith: Messy Bessie [ purchase ] If you could only buy one organ-led jazz album, you'd be in quite a bind. For starters, there were two absolute masters of the genre: Jimmy Smith and Jimmy McGriff. Smith started earlier and really made the organ a serious jazz instrument, so we'll give him the nod. But Smith recorded two stone-cold classics, Back at the Chicken Shack and Midnight Special (just two of the five albums he released for Blue Note in 1960), so [...]
After weeks of digging through new albums and songs for my year-end roundups , I've officially burnt myself out on pop music. Which means it's time to go back to the classics. Last night it was the psychedelic blues of The Howlin' Wolf on surprisingly pristine vinyl (thanks Dad). Today it's Jimmy Smith's The Cat . Smith, one of the all-time great organ players, helped popularize the Hammond electric with his astounding improvisatory style. This is certainly jazz music, but it burns with the wily and dexterous fervor of great rock and roll. [...]
Can you believe that we don't even have our Christmas tree up yet? Why? Well, my wife decided that she wanted to paint the dining room (where the tree goes) before we put it up so I've been helping her paint all weekend long. If not for the painting, this post would have gone up a day earlier. Anyhow, here are some jazzy Christmas songs for your enjoyment, but don't forget there's more! Here are the links to Day 1 , Day 2 , Day 3 , and Day 4 of this series. [...]
I can't believe it's December already! Where has the year gone? After this list the next big one I have to do is my year in review for 2k10 but first here's a bunch of Christmas / Holiday songs for ya'll to add to your X-mas playlist compilation. Some punk, alternative and some indie ones. Geesh, something for every body then I swear once this is done that's it for me until next year. A few more presents to buy maybe I swear too! Need to figure out a way to slow the holiday down so we can enjoy it. [...]
Thanks to a super-fine tip, I have been knee deep in this blog post, over at Versions Galore, comprised of 100+ covers of Allen Toussaint's "Get Out Of My Life, Woman." Whereas the name Jimmy Smith, and his backroom organ undertaking of the tune, may not be foreign to many of you, the Memphis, TN [...]
Foals guitarist Jimmy Smith sits down with The Owl Mag and talks Total Life Forever, the video for Blue Blood and touring all over. More like it: Hella Guitarist, Spencer Seim, Takes Us Into His World Of Experimental Rock Zack Attacks Jimmy Fallon show FROM THE NEWS NEST: New music from Jimmy Eat World and more.
Similarly to how Andrew VanWyngarden's MGMT got caught within a hurricane of hype, a myriad of universally favourable critiques, so too Yannis Philippakis and his gallivanting Foals galloped through the gushing ebbs and flows of the mainstream in the wake of their math-pop debut long player Antidotes, finding themselves a fair old hike from home in unchartered territory. The luscious crystalline waters that adorn the sleeve to Total Life Forever, Foals' depature from Skins soundtracks and mucky Oxford house party shows, suggests the band plummeting into new and unknown depths. Yet precisely what depths they're trawling only becomes [...]
Del Total Life Forever — segundo disco de Foals , grupo británico originario de Oxford, formado en 2005 por Yannis Philippakis en la voz y guitarra, Jack Bevan en la batería, Jimmy Smith en la guitarra, Edwin Congreave en los teclados, y Walter Gervers en el bajo. Este trabajo — editado por Transgressive Records y Sub Pop , y grabado en septiembre de 2009 en los estudios Svenska Grammofon de Gothenburg, Suecia, saldrá a la venta este 10 de mayo próximo... Parte del playlist 118 en rotación actual, queremos compartir el último [...]
Jimmy Smith aka The Incredible Jimmy Smith was an expert Hammond B-3 organist from Philly. He played a very unique brand of Jazz that I instantly liked the first time I heard it, which was when I was young, because Smith is yet another Dad pick. He also played with a number of late great musicans. Frank Sinatra? Check. You know that Organ solo in Michael Jackson 's "Bad?" Yep, that's Jimmy Smith. When I was about 15 or 16, Dad took Sean and I to see Smith at The Blue Note. [...]
Italian guitarist Fabrizio Sotti pays tribute to mentors Wes Montgomery and Randy Brecker.
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, four calling birds... and a whole bunch of Christmas MP3's. These are perfect for a quiet holiday evening drinking red wine, bourbon, or your drink of choice while snow is falling outside and the fire's burning inside. Anyone know if Ornette Coleman ever recorded a Christmas song? That would be a treat. MP3: Dexter Gordon - The Christmas Song Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum Sonny Rollins - Winter Wonderland [...]
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Jimmy Smith (December 8, 1925 [birth year is disputed and is often given as 1928] – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B-3 electric organ helped to popularize this instrument. In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians A Blues feel
Jimmy Smith: Back at the Chicken Shack The line up: Jimmy Smith, organ Kenny Burrell, guitar Stanley Turrentine, tenor saxophone Donald Bailey, drums I like the bit that begins at 4:56. This goes out to Jazione and his chicks.
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