Favorite organist from this list

[connoisseur series500]

I can't believe that I started such a stupid poll and left out Patterson and Groove Holmes. Either could have replaced Baby Face and Reuben Wilson.

[Bright Moments]

I can't believe that I started such a stupid poll and left out Patterson and Groove Holmes. Either could have replaced Baby Face and Reuben Wilson.

not to mention charles earland!

[Chuck Nessa]

McGriff is a dog checking your house.

Jimmy took it beyond Wild Bill (would'a bee'd my first choice), BUT "BFW" gives me more pleasure per minute!

[Jim Alfredson]

Ha! I'm still the only one that voted for McGriff. He grooves like nobody else. The cat can play. Those records on the Sue label are BAD!

That said, my favorite is still Jimmy Smith. He's the man.

[Soul Stream]

ALL these cats are bad. I get a little weary of the Larry Young fetish among jazzers.... I mean Dr Lonnie Smith, Jack McDuff, and Shirley Scott at one each is just sad in this poll.

Sure, JOS and Larry Young are dominate in people's minds as innovators...but are they everyone's favorites too?

Edited April 13, 2005 by Soul Stream

[Jazz Kat]

Wow, Jimmy's not winning. I picked Jimmy, because he was, the master. I think Larry Young had real groovy chops, and showed off a lot. Jimmy Smith, IMO was a little different. I don't really think he showed off that much, but everything he did was just perfect. I never heard him play a mistake. Home Cookin' is the best example. There's not fireous playing on that album, but everything he does is so groovy and locked in, it's just perfect. Flawless! I don't know what else to say, and to me that's the most important thing. Jimmy Smith lives on!

[marcello]

I can't believe that I started such a stupid poll and left out Patterson and Groove Holmes. Either could have replaced Baby Face and Reuben Wilson.

Thank You, Paul!

[Soul Stream]

Jimmy Smith didn't show off.... Uhhhh.....

Have you ever heard "Groovin' At Small's Paradise?"

[marcello]

Jimmy Smith didn't show off.... Uhhhh.....

Have you ever heard "Groovin' At Small's Paradise?"

Well, Thank YOU SS!

My Funny Valentine on that is SO over the top! WOW!

[Jazz Kat]

Now that's a matter of interpertation isn't it........

[Soul Stream]

Now that's a matter of interpertation isn't it........

In my mind...

showing off = busting at the seems

...this isn't a bad thing, I LOVE Groovin' at Smalls...especially Valentine...probably my fav. rec. of Jimmy's

But, in truth, Jimmy's WHOLE life was showing off. But, in a good way.

[Chuck Nessa]

Now that's a matter of interpertation isn't it........

Ins't that the point?

[Jazz Kat]

yes

[marcello]

Listening is required before commenting, I do believe.

In this case: over the top = shock and awe!

[Dave James]

Gotta go with Lawrence of Newark. The first, and close to the only, B-3'er who really colored outside the lines. While I'm not a huge fan of where his musical journey ultimately led, most of the stops along the way are fascinating. I love his work with Grant Green. Some of my very favorite music.

Up over and out.

Edited April 13, 2005 by Dave James

[Jazz Kat]

Listening is required before commenting, I do believe.

In this case: over the top = shock and awe!

Is that Kenny in that background?

[marcello]

Looks like it.

Looks like they got their MOJO Workin'.

[Soulstation1]

i'm in a big time charles earland binge

i've got almost everything over on emusic

ss1

[chris olivarez]

Looks like it.

Looks like they got their MOJO Workin'.

Yes indeed. A LOT of merit in this group but Jimmy is the main man as far as I'm concerned.

[Big Al]

showing off = busting at the seems

...this isn't a bad thing, I LOVE Groovin' at Smalls...especially Valentine...probably my fav. rec. of Jimmy's

But, in truth, Jimmy's WHOLE life was showing off. But, in a good way.

February 11, 1957

Showing off in GRAND style!!!!

[Noj]

Jimmy Smith is the man in my collection at this point, the most albums represented and not a bad one in the bunch.

I need more Patton, more early Lonnie Smith. They're the ones I'm most interested in.

I have some select goodies from everyone on the poll, and dig the organists not on the poll like Earland and Patterson. I like the outer realms where Larry Young ventured and the spacy funk of McDuff's Moon Rappin'. The Legends Of Acid Jazz series is my starting point with a lot of them...Shirley, Patterson, Johnny Hammond Smith, Charles Kynard...

[Jim Alfredson]

Gotta go with Lawrence of Newark. This first, and close to the only, B-3'er who really colored outside the lines.

Not true at all. Listen to the stuff on the Jimmy Smith Mosaic box from a few years ago... Jimmy could and did go outside the lines on many occasions.

[Soul Stream]

Gotta go with Lawrence of Newark.  This first, and close to the only, B-3'er who really colored outside the lines.

Not true at all. Listen to the stuff on the Jimmy Smith Mosaic box from a few years ago... Jimmy could and did go outside the lines on many occasions.

Man, are people just listening to "Rockin The Boat" and nothing else of JOS's?

I mean...."Blues For J"...not only is he coloring outside the lines of the blues, he obliterated the lines. And that's on a damn blues!

I guess my suggestion for everybody who is mainly only listening to Larry Young is..., put "Unity" down for a minutes and put on Freddie Roach's "Good Move" or Shirley Scott on "Dearly Beloved" or Jack McDuff on "Tough Duff." I mean, there's so much MORE out there than Larry Young and being "out." Being "in" is cool too.

[brownie]

It was a toss between Larry and Jimmy but I remembered the shock I got when I first listened to Jimmy Smith! My vote went for him!

[danasgoodstuff]

I voted for RW, not because I think he's better than the rest but because sometimes he's just exactly what I want and that's worth recognizing any day.