Jimmy Smith News

One of Donald Bailey's favorite lines is "I'll never forget that." Sit with the Oakland drummer long enough and he's apt to repeat that sentence a half-dozen times.

Take, for instance, this super-clean, super-fine 1977 Pontiac Firebird. Like the Ringbrothers "Afterburner" Fairlane and the Goodguys Street Machine of the Year 1962 Corvette C1-RS , the look is modern, yet definitely retro.

Since we last checked in with StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds , recent posts have featured videos from Jimmy Smith, Muddy Waters, Cannonball Adderley, Stevie Wonder & Aretha Franklin, Bill Frisell, Andrew Hill, Betty Carter, Tower of Power, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Klaus Doldinger & Passport, Elvin Jones, Don Cherry.

Nassau Valley Vineyard will host Bernard Sweetneya s Art Solos show at the winery during October.

Oct. 14, 2009-The first of two master classes by guest guitarist John Hart will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 2008 Moore Musical Arts Center at BGSU.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming - Jazz-funk improvisational badass a ' one of the only musicians youa TMll see handling a seven-string guitar with ease a ' Charlie Hunter and his trio will rock the Knotty Pine in Sunday.

In the 1970s George Benson became a crossover star with vocal hits and a smooth-sounding pop-R and B style, but he'd already established a legacy as a jazz guitarist who brimmed with energy and talent.

It's time once again for one of those gratuitous plugs for StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds , which features a different online music video every day, drawn from genres including jazz, blues, soul, fuink classic rock, prog rock and experimental.

JIMMY SMITH / "Jimmy Smith Mixtape" Source: Breath of Life - " 01 Jimmy Smith Mixtape.mp3 It goes like this: Jimmy Smith = jazz organ.

Drummer Donald Bailey is well overdue for some attention. During the 1950's and 60's he was a rock solid percussionist for the likes of organist Jimmy Smith and other jazz legends, but for one reason or another, he fell through the cracks and never got to lead any sessions of his own.

Organ jazz records flow into and out of our consciousness evoking memories of the roots of jazz, R&B and easy listening, but also awakening us to the possibilities of new musical exploration.

Jimmy Smith was a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B-3 electric organ helped to popularize this instrument.

Legend? In Booker T. Jones' case, the word doesn't say enough. It rings of past triumphs that future generations remember on grounds of sheer magnitude.

Artist Dan Gardiner has created and donated a portrait of famous Jazz icon Jimmy Smith for the Plymouth Arts Center's sixth annual Cheese Capital Jazz Crawl for the Arts, scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug.

Legend? In Booker T. Jones' case, the word doesn't say enough. It rings of past triumphs that future generations remember on grounds of sheer magnitude.

Vic Juris is one of the premier jazz guitarists in the business today. Perhaps less known than some of his peers, he is nevertheless admired by all of them and has accumulated, since his emergence on the scene in the 1970s, an impressive portfolio of live performances and recordings.

The Plymouth Arts Center has begun selling admission wristbands in advance to its sixth annual Cheese Capital Jazz Crawl for the Arts, Friday.

McTUFF JAZZ ALLEY 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle; . 7:30 show is full, 9:30 show has been added! Be sure to make reservation, as they are required for FREE shows! The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley presents Seattle's own McTuff.

Veteran jazz drummer/bandleader Alvin Queen dazzles and swings with vintage jazz on his latest recording.

If you've never heard of Jimmy Smith the great jazz organ player than you're probably like most people alive today, but he's considered one of the best to have ever touched the keys and according to this concert preview from a July 1988 issue of New Times , he did it at Studio 183 in Carol City.