Jimmy Smith - Jazz Scene USA 1962

[@williamlavelle7786]

I'm 84 and grew up in the golden age of jazz. A cousin owned a club called The blue note near the loop in Chicago that had a section for youngsters. I saw so many great groups starting in about 1955. It breaks my heart that todays kids do not have that opportunity.

[@AMEER-114-]

That's great... Can you narrow this performance down to a month in '62

[@JB.zero.zero.1]

You can't beat live music - but at least we have easy access to archival footage now. KZbin is a musical education.

[@ramsesstafford4640]

I'm 44 years old my parents are older than most people my age parents are and I grew up loving real music like this. Jimmy Smith is an unsung giant.

[@fredbarr8296]

NO WAY! TAKE THE WORD "UNSUNG" OUT OF YOUR COMMENT!

[@ramsesstafford4640]

​@@fredbarr8296take it out yours and speak for yourself like I do.

[@JB.zero.zero.1]

@@ramsesstafford4640 Nah - he's right. In musical circles Jimmy is well known. I'm 55 and have known Jimmy since a teenager. Anybody seriously into Jazz know him well.

[@ramsesstafford4640]

@JB.zero.zero.1 we agree to disagree. Key word you just used was "anybody seriously into jazz music". There are people who don't listen to jazz music at all but they know who both Miles Davis and Coltrane are there are plenty of people who don't listen to jazz music at all and they don't know who Jimmy Smith is at all one bit but they should know who he is. They don't even know that that's Jimmy Smith playing the keyboard solo on Michael Jackson's song "Bad". Im 47 now but I know a lot of people your age and older from my two much older siblings who are in thir early 70s to my cousins in there 60s who admit that Jimmy doesn't get enough credit and it's way worse organ players who get way more credit because they play in popular rock and roll bands and their fans don't realize their favorite organ player was inspired by The Incredibles Jimmy Smith. I'm not trying to get you to say that I'm right I'm just explaining why I say this that's all. ✌🏽

[@JB.zero.zero.1]

@@ramsesstafford4640 Jazz is an education, and as you know, encompasses a vast array of styles and musicians. Members of my family who know nothing about Jazz, seriously, they wouldn't recognize a name like Miles Davis. Nor do I recognize the musicians they listen to, which would be considered mainstream and popular. Times have changed obviously and with that, Jazz is more underground nowadays, a musical side note in most lives. Stars from the old scene will likely never make it into popular consciousness and I guess deserve doesn't come into it - it is what it is, but yes, there are so many artists who appear in popular music, who just vanish into liner notes. Studio musicians - highly talented, imagine how many remain in the shadows. So I think Jimmy and others will always be known, to those who had that original Jazz education. Same as classical music and many other genres. I have passion for some modern electronic artists and nobody knows them, but to me, they are legends and likely legends to those educated to appreciate electronic music and sub genres. As I say - it is what it is and my own passions often aren't shared on mass (and that suits me fine). cheers

[@TheJudgeofLevelstm]

Jimmy was a wonderful guy. He played in my late father's jazz club several times.

[@lenkaseniors.7048]

I can hear him again and again , with ❤!

[@a.b.s_productions]

I have to say that the late 1950's and early 60's had some of the best damn jazz organ music ever! People like Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Don Patterson and Freddie Roach are some of the pioneers to grace that amazing instrument.

[@sluggo68]

Adam B. Smith & Sun Ra

[@gabchaim8232]

@@sluggo68 Milt Buckner

[@robertalbiston7822]

Don Pullen, too. Art Buckner with Pa Pa Joe Jones.

[@a.b.s_productions]

@@robertalbiston7822 Papa Joe was an percussionist.

[@robertalbiston7822]

Who played alongside Milt Buckner, great a duo.

[@stanbooker6305]

Out of sight Jimmy Smith greatest of all time

[@drnubian1]

i was about 17yrs.old to see jimmy smith and wes montgomery in philly franklin field pouring down rain..unfortunately wes died the night before I waited in pouring back stage to hear jimmy. when he was done i introduced my self he invited to to sit in his mercedes, couple ladies sat in the back, we talked about an hour about the organ, heavy smoker, he loved about the B.. I love Jimmy

[@fredfungalspore]

Wow tell us more please B3 4 EVER

[@genec8393]

Luckily I heard Wes play live with his brothers in Boston just before he passed. One of the greatest jazz nights of my life and I have heard most of the icons in person. I was devastated when I heard of his passing.

[@andrearitchie6464]

What a great memory!

[@tonystallard4105]

A priceless experience for one so young. Thank you for sharing.

[@lenkaseniors.7048]

I adore him and his music since this performance when I was 11 , all sixty years !

[@wadeconnell1493]

1962... incredible footage and music quality, I had a play of a B3 back in Wellington New Zealand in the early '70's. A few amazing musicians had performed at the Pines Venue back then, does anyone recall...

[@danielkuhn2172]

I saw Jimmy perform magic on his Hammond B3 at His Supper Club in the mid-80's. Fabulous Jazz Man.

[@germansurdey6525]

My man on prgan. I had all of his BLUE NOTE LPs. . On trios, quintet, sextet etc. I loved them all, especially when he played the blues !

[@garys8990]

I was blessed to see Jimmy Smith At California State University Sacramento in California in March 1995 and was sitting in the front row. A truly memorable experience! A genius on the Hammond organ! Thanks for posting.

[@jimcole6423]

Lucky you!!!!

[@Davett53]

He regularly performed in Columbus, Ohio, at our annual Summer Jazz Fest. I saw him there in 1989 and again in 1990. A great outdoor venue, were I could sit or stand just a few feet from him. I had been a fan of his since the 1970s, when I was in college, and that is when I began collecting his albums,....and later on his music on CDs. Columbus has always been a place where the Jazz musicians of our world visit. It is where Ohio State University is located, and we're only 100 miles from Cleveland, Ohio.

[@spumpstein9374]

At 8:40 the host begins to describe the history of the organ in jazz, and rightfully attributes it's rise in popularity to Jimmy Smith in 1956. That said, he omits a critical aspect of this rise in popularity: the addition of the Hammond B-3 & C-3 models to the product line. These models debuted the harmonic percussion effect, which is a huge part of the B-3 sound, and the ability to manage staccato effects changed what an artist could do on the instrument. It became a unique voice in popular music, and swiftly became the must-have organ for black America's music, especially gospel and jazz, but later on in the early 60's, soul jazz, R&B, & rock and roll. That percussion effect made playing fast be-bop lines possible; before that, there was only a soft attack available, and that just wasn't very compelling against a backdrop of articulate phrasing on horns, pianos and guitars that was commonplace in 1950's jazz. Jimmy Smith is an unparalleled champion of the B-3. When it was introduced to the marketplace, he acquired one immediately, holed up for months, and dug in to master it. Those first recordings are remarkable for their stamina alone, but the intense hard bop swing, Smith's enormous chops and that Hammond harmonic percussion were a revelation. Smith was truly a man of vision and a bold, fearless pioneering spirit.

[@wraitheful]

Hammond M-100’s are still cheap and plentiful and in addition to being all tube, have the electromechanical scanner vibrato, the world’s greatest tube reverb and most importantly - percussion.

[@wraitheful]

the guitar tone is superb.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup for posting this. I was just listening, but then read a comment and started looking at the images. Kudos to the camera crew and the editing. It really adds to the performance.

[@BE60IFR]

Pure genius.

[@lenkaseniors.7048]

Jimmy Smith my first sight love in jazz world in my childhood...till now

[@MarshallArtz007]

I’ve loved Jimmy Smith since I bought my first LP back in 1964. It was “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and it’s still my all time favorite. 😎🎹

[@joeherald7319]

Obviously an epic live TV jazz moment. Not only the music but, the camera work is remarkably good compared to the standards of B&W broadcast television in1962. .

[@Hhelm01]

Live ... so many camera's, no posed shots shots edited in ... Great exposure, better than colour.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Agreed. I wasn't watching this at first, but read your comment and started taking in the whole show. Merci.

[@pacz8114]

Your comment, "is remarkably good for 1962 B&W television", suggests utter ignorance of acknowledging the commonplace technical abilities of the day.

[@joeherald7319]

@@pacz8114 Thanks for the kind words. Comments like that make the world a better place to live. You reach out to a stranger half-way around the world just to attempt to insult their knowledge

[@pacz8114]

@@joeherald7319 I can dig it.

[@newenglandguitarman3345]

Quentin Warren killing it on that Super 400! What a sound

[@SuperRoshua]

Thank you so much for posting this video, I've seen it a bunch of times over the past few years....it might be the best video upload I've seen on KZbin, it's truly the awesomessttt!!!!!!!

[@AMEER-114-]

Then you should know the date and venue

[@craigbrowning9448]

At about 11:31 a Penny-Owsley decal appears on the treble end of the upped manual. Penny-Owsley was a Piano and Hammond Organ dealer in the LA Area that existed roughly from 1944 to 1968 (bought out by Sherman & Clay, who are now having their own problems), they were notorious for voiding the warranty on any Hammond organ sold from their store found connected to a Leslie.

[@wraitheful]

connected to twin 31’s here!

[@alanoffer]

1962 on thé TV ?? Imagine doing this today

[@robertalbiston7822]

A good week to head back to better times!

[@davidecasarotti1449]

Il tempo non cancella mai la bella musica, resta dentro di noi.

[@wraitheful]

I love this video, it is spectacular. Twin 31’s sound tremendous at his mastery hand. Check out just before 11:00 min in, Mack the Knife - his playing vibrato style bouncing over the reverb within the fast spin of the 31’s - it’s just so marvelous and sublimely executed. The band is cool af too, but Mr Smith is something else.

[@stanbryant1299]

All together LOVELY!!!

[@joselhernandez9202]

- "Give Irving my love" (theme); "Walk on the wild side" by Mack David, Elmer Bernstein; "Mack the Knife" by Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill; "The champ" by Dizzy Gillespie. (Songs) - Jimmy Smith, organ; Quentin Warren, electrc guitar; Donald Bailey, drums.

[@AMEER-114-]

I hear no mention of IRVING nor of Giving him love

[@mark35mi]

Incredibly cool... and a great share! Much thanks!

[@islamicchronicles5381]

THANK YOU

[@timothyhumes5963]

Jimmy Smith and his trio are from way back in my youth. They are and were true artists. They belittle today's rap, down to the ground! These people are sooooo great and gave us real enjoyment in listing to music. They are definetely missed but thank goodness their music was preserved on recordings. It let's the world know what a true tallant is all about...Love it!!!!!

[@friesiamans1966]

yes, it´s like the ships of the past belittle the aeroplanes of today - why compare things, that couldn´t be compared? i don´t like this, everywhere on youtube people get in serious hateful fights about this - so, he who is the bestest baseball player could never match with the bestest ping pong player, or something like that - i´m sure jimmy couldn´t rap like the good ones today, which includes, the rappers of today could hardly play hammond like him, still they give many many people real enjoyment, using speech and words in a way they have never been used before,. like jimmy used the hammond in a way that has´nt been there before - seen? you wouldn´t want a fan of other music talk the music of your taste in the ground - please think it over and leave this stuff out... he´s good, and barbara dennerlein is as well, you agree? anyway, i agree that it´s very nice, that these old recordings exist, sometimes i drown in youtube, haha... cheers............... :-)

[@MrIcelander]

That narrator is just, wow... I mean, talk about oozin' the cool 😎

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

OSCAR BROWN,JR - A 15 ALBUM VOCALIST PRE-RAPPER HIMSELF, on major lbls ...got half a doz

[@robertalbiston7822]

Host Oscar Brown, JR kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp28nZ6wgZWMadE

[@AMEER-114-]

Ooozin the painfully fake manufactured "cool" Pathetic really

That's the best version of Walk On The Wild Side i have ever heard.

[@craigbrowning9448]

It is interesting that this organ is equipped with 31-H Leslies, visible at the beginning, end and about 2 minutes in (the 122 was introduced in 1963, a year after this show aired.

[@andrewpliagas9213]

From everything I've read, Jimmy's preference was the twin tallboy 31-Hs. Only two speeds, but he was never really one to use the chorale speed when he was playing through a three-speed model like the 122.

[@wraitheful]

My favorite Leslie despite the single speed.

[@mattgleason2617]

My Dad used to crank up I Got My Mojo Workin and Satisfaction on the weekends

[@Jaysmithtrio]

I was lucky enough to play with Donald "Duck" Bailey in San Francisco before he passed away. He was still incredible!

[@marcosflorencio3342]

a gama mou

[@ignaciomoran6706]

Duck! I knew him from SF during the 80's and 90's. Baad cat!

[@wraitheful]

fabulous cat.

[@fau310]

1962 la grande époque avec les jazz messe,gers ,,dave brubeck etc ,,le bonheur !!!

[@genec8393]

Heard Jimmy many times live in the 60's. Great player but didn't feature his guitar players enough. Thornell Schwartz (a friend) worked with him and also Groove. I wish there was more of his playing in organ trio setting available. Super nice guy. A gentleman. He'd let me sit-in and was very encouraging.

[@LongwingSeagull]

Your friend Mr. Schwartz sounded great on all of The Incredible`s recordings! Loved his intro to Caravan on Jimmy Smith at Club Baby Grand Vol. 2. Also great on Larry Young`s stuff.

[@genec8393]

@@LongwingSeagull He once referred to Larry as the Thelonious Monk of the organ. He was such a nice guy. He would let me sit in with Groove when I was in my teens.

[@LongwingSeagull]

@@genec8393 Cool stories. Larry did have a different approach to the organ I think. I`ll have to go back and listen to some of his stuff and see if I can get the Monkishness in his playing.

[@LongwingSeagull]

@@genec8393 Thanks for the tip sire!

[@Philipkijasjazz]

Great hammond! Just love it!!!

[@ModalLarry]

I can’t imagine what it must have been like as a kid back then, to tune in to the tele and see a guy making an organ sound like that, and then proceeding to play with his chin! I’m guessing pretty mind blowing.

[@LongwingSeagull]

Jimmy "The Incredible Chin" Smith. Must have inspired quite a few rock musicians after him in the 60`s!

[@johnbishop5316]

How many Leslie speakers does it take?

[@rscottenglish]

Those drums are talkin' on "The Champ"!

[@CMane]

4:47….. He played that for 25 bars straight!!!! ….and at 6:26… 🤯🤯🤯🤯🎯

[@conradsunkiojack2538]

Indeed, Jimmy's sonic expressions on the Hammond B3 in this number sounds like a piercing knife cut!

[@Mr3sambo3]

Walk on the Wild Side was a well played hit my freshman year in high school. Even AM radio played it often. No idea how far it made it on Billboard or any top ten but…

[@HopeIanHope]

10 minutes in, my favourite Jimmy stops on the Hammond. 😃

[@Gminor7]

Amazing videos, thanks!

[@tomlehr861]

Cymbal sounds great,always liked jimmy

[@robertalbiston7822]

And the left hand snare work.

[@marcinsielawa5387]

uuu gooood stuff here

[@johnzaq1543]

take a look at that amp, sitting in the chai tilted back at an angle, at Quentin Warren

[@michaelatford3596]

Guess Jimmy Smith ain't to everyone's likin'. I just got told to "please turn that down a bit" while (admittedly) having this fantastic performance turned up a little loud while writing here at work . . .

[@jswillis73]

Not everyone has soul.

[@dukabear2640]

Turn it UP!

[@friesiamans1966]

@@jswillis73 we, the ones who got soul, are the master race - let´s fight the other ones down who think and feel different and therefor have no soul (same goes for animals, no soul ever!) - and the ones who think this music is inferior, who come for instance from classical music, are superior to us, so they have to fight us down - such is life and it has nothing to do with arrogance...

[@wraitheful]

Every weekend morning with me / cranked. It’s just too good.

[@BRILLIANTCORNRS]

thanks

[@bergy-62]

awesome.

[@jimbeaux4988]

Oh man..........I keep trying to figure out his drawbar settings but it is a fools errand. He works the hell out of them.

[@wraitheful]

As best as I can tell so far, it appears to be mostly some combination of 2 or more of the first 4 drawbars on the upper manual, maybe scooping out the sub-harmonic some, and a combo of the first 2 drawbars on the lower manual. His Leslies on this are either on fast or non-rotating because of single speed motors (no slow spin setting).

[@jimcole6423]

Miss these blues cats.

[@MsJordicatalunya]

Excelente,muy bueno.

[@joemaclaren3663]

Sign it Jimmy!

[@edwardpasby8609]

Awesome

[@AMEER-114-]

GIVE IRVING MY LOVE 1:30 WALK WILD SIDE 10:02 MACK THE KNIFE 17:09 THE CHAMP 23:10 ? - closing gentle tune

[@tomconwell5440]

The host just said it: Quentin Warren on guitar, Donald Bailey on drums.

[@craigbrowning9448]

I actually know and have played with Donald Bailey, unfortunately he can no longer function and has been taken in by family in Southern California. In later years he played Chromatic Harmonica and various band instruments to varying abilities.

[@wraitheful]

He’s fantastic.

[@fredbarr8296]

GRAND DADDY OF JAZZ ORGAN! cut my keyboard chops on Jimmy & Horace!

[@carsonmaccagnone8962]

does anyone know what that opening/closing tune is called? That chill jam?

[@josky852]

not sure what it's called but i think it's basically a blues in 6/8

[@Bati_]

+Carson Maccagnone The opening tune is ''Walk On The Wild Side'' from magnificent Jimmy Smith's ''Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith'' (1962) album.

[@Bati_]

+Batı I totally misunderstood your question, sorry but anyway, additional information is always required. :)

[@raymondsharmon]

burnin.

[@jurygolenko8721]

Обожаю джаз-органную музыку!!!!

[@Harry-zc8rg]

Organ trio forever

[@curtisbowland4900]

the gold standard of jazz organ for me. which is not to put down any of the many great organists that there are and have been. it's all good. best should really not enter into it. peace

[@wraitheful]

handily.

[@fredfungalspore]

JUST THE BEST ENDING 8.06 8.38 OH YEAH

[@harrymarshall]

,, nice ✨😏

[@egmjag]

Was this filmed at CBS studios? Seems like Beverly Blvd. at the end of the video.

[@imbees2]

Jimmy got piano fingers!

[@radiobrain94]

who's this guitarist?

[@wraitheful]

Quentin Warren

[@imbees2]

Lawd have mercy

[@retrorex]

How come Quentin never played any solos--not only here but on all of Jimmy's albums he's played on? He's got a nice tone, but never any solos.

[@ghairraigh]

...keep looking... at the very least you'll find Quentin playing solos with Jimmy Smith on a European Tour on You Tube - on a Stratocaster!

[@wraitheful]

great tone here too.

[@megajames3000]

12:50 perfect.

[@stonelenny]

His best moment?

[@tomconwell5440]

Who's playing guitar and drums?

[@eric_bee]

Quentin Warren Guitar, Donald Bailey Drums

[@Drummed]

I wasn't too happy when Jimmy jumped over to Verve Records abandoning his native Blues Way label. I wasn't crazy about an over glossed orchestra lead by Oliver Nelson practically over shadowing Jimmy's original 3 piece quartet & drowning out crucial riffs only to be heard or left behind during the Blues Way era. I guess Verve offered him a deal he couldn't refuse.

[@zivkovicable]

I love those Oliver Nelson arrangements. Thank you Verve shelling out the cash for that incredible band.

[@ramsesstafford4640]

I like his Verve stuff but I love his Blue Note stuff. No doubt the Blue Note material is more grittier and gives more of a personal spotlight to Jimmy's craft.

[@imbees2]

Oscar Brown Jr. Dang!!!!!

[@asahinaasahina1127]

❥❥❥❥❥❥❥

[@uvb74]

Jazz é bom pra quem toca pra quem ouve é chato

[@ramsesstafford4640]

I disagree heavily. Jazz can be deeply appreciated by people who don't play one musical instrument or even wright music. All music can be boring and all music can be an acquired taste to listeners.