Jimmie Smith

For other people of the same name, see Jimmy Smith.

James Howard "Jimmie" Smith (born January 27, 1938, Newark, New Jersey) is an American jazz drummer.

Smith studied at the Al Germansky School for Drummers in his home town of Newark, New Jersey from 1951–54, then attended the Juilliard School in 1959-60. He began his professional career in New York around this time. In the 1960s he played with Jimmy Forrest (1960), Larry Young (1960–62), Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross (1962–63), Pony Poindexter (1963), Jimmy Witherspoon (1963), Gildo Mahones (1963), Jimmy McGriff (1963–65), and Groove Holmes (1965).

From 1967 to 1974 he played with Erroll Garner before moving to California around 1975. He then played with:

He toured Japan with Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell in 1993.

One of Smith's most noted collaborations took place at the Montreux International Jazz Festival in 1977, where he played with Benny Carter, Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie.

Discography

With Kenny Burrell

With Sonny Criss

With Jimmy Forrest

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

With Etta Jones

With Hank Jones

With Barney Kessel

With Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan

With Gildo Mahones

With Phineas Newborn, Jr.

With Pony Poindexter

With Jimmy Witherspoon

With Larry Young

References


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