RonF Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Just heard from a good freind in New York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 What a shame...another great one leaves us. Who's to take his place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 (edited) Nothing found via a Google News search (yet). Perhaps we're ahead of the public-knowledge-of-jazz curve on the Organissimo forum? If I remember correctly, it took several hours for the major news organizations to catch up to the Organissimo knowledge of Elvin Jones' death. Edited February 9, 2005 by wesbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaBrass Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 (edited) Crap, all this stuff running through my head. If I can sort the crap out, it might be interesting to relate dealings with Jimmy. Maybe not - I'll see. I took off Freddie Roach's Down To Earth and threw on The Sermon. Edited February 9, 2005 by Chuck Nessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Sad news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 What can you say or think when somebody like Jimmy Smith goes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmessenger Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Very sad news... I wish I had seen him live... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Very sad indeed. RIP, Jimmy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 No report on the AP wire yet. (The AP reported Elvin's death just a couple of hours after we heard it on Organissimo, from Aric.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Very sad. My first college night club date was to see Jimmy Smith. This was in the fall of '68. At the end of his set, the guitarist and drummer left the stage, and he stayed and said of few words of chatting with the audience. It was a nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 This is VERY sad for me. Jimmy has been a part of my listening ever since I was a little kid. I guess the recording with Joey D. out next week is his last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 R.I.P. a real pioneer figure ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Wow, I had no idea he was even still alive. The best organ player in the world, period . More and more are leaving us, this sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Has anyone confirmed this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Has anyone confirmed this? Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonF Posted February 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Has anyone confirmed this? The source is a reliable voice in jazz promotion in NYC, currently working the new Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith CD. She wouldn't blow a false alarm. I must say, I'm surprised that it hasn't hit the wires. Her email arrived around 5 PM eastern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Has anyone confirmed this? The source is a reliable voice in jazz promotion in NYC, currently working the new Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith CD. She wouldn't blow a false alarm. I must say, I'm surprised that it hasn't hit the wires. Her email arrived around 5 PM eastern. I HOPE somebody's wrong about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Alfredson Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Has anyone confirmed this? The source is a reliable voice in jazz promotion in NYC, currently working the new Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith CD. She wouldn't blow a false alarm. I must say, I'm surprised that it hasn't hit the wires. Her email arrived around 5 PM eastern. I'm not surprised, if it's true, that it has not hit the wires. Jimmy Smith doesn't get any respect for his absolutely enormous contributions not just to jazz but to organ playing, keyboard playing in general, and music as a whole. I hope it's not true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 we all have wonderful music to remember him by, I hope this new album is as good as Pete Fallico says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 In case some weren't aware already, there's a 3-page article on Smith and DeFrancesco in the latest issue of Keyboard magazine. Sadly, not a cover story - the days of that happening are long gone. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 this is too sad! RIP jimmy - i even liked your "dot com blues"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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