R.I.P Jimmy Smith.
Dead of natural causes, apparently, at the age of 79. If this name is not familiar to you, he is the father of jazz organ as we know it. Go out and find Organ Grinder Swing, Back at the Chicken Shack, House Party or anything else with his name on it. You know the Beastie Boys tune "Root Down"? That was his doing. The reason
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wildfae
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this is sort of a new LJ...
figured i'd give you the heads up!
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