Soul Jazz from the fifties, sixties and seventies: THE CHAMP. On tonight’s programme part 1 of a five-part series about the popular and influential organ player Jimmy Smith. Smith’s rise in 1955 coincides with the production of the Hammond B3 organ. As of that year Smith made a large number of records for Blue Note. From these you will hear a selection of songs, including: The Sermon, Well You Needn’t and Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart.
The Champ (A New Sound A New Star Volume 2, Blue Note 1956)
Well You Needn’t (The Incredible Jimmy Smith At The Organ, Blue Note 1956)
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (The Sounds Of Jimmy Smith, Blue Note 1957)
Round About Midnight (Jimmy Smith Trio + LD, Blue Note 1957)
The Sermon (The Sermon, Blue Note 1958)
Messin’ Around (Home Cookin’, Blue Note 1960)
