Jimmy Smith Born in Norristown outside of Philadelphia on December 8, 1928. Both of his parents were pianists, Jimmy revealed his musical talents early. He was playing stride piano by fourteen and performing with his piano-playing father in a dance team during the early forties. A prodigy who won a Major Bowes contest in 1935, Smith quickly gained experience working throughout western Pennsylvania, performing on the radio in Philadelphia, and teaming with his dad for nightclub work. Jimmy sings as he speaks of his father. "My ol' man played the Old Town stuff. He was a D-flat piano player. He played a bass and the chord, yeah. He was working when I wasn't working. Oh man, Daddy was working four nights a week--I mean making good bucks plus plastering in the day time."
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Jimmy Smith Documentary (Jazz Organ) - 1965
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