Way back when I was playing organ, in the 60's, Jimmy Smith was my hero.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVx2FxkkzUAI had a record of him playing Summertime and I tried to learn it lick for lick. Never got there!
Jimmy Smith is one of my heroes, too. The first jazz album I ever bought was "Back At the Chicken Shack". Stanley Turrentine and Jimmy smith made a wonderful pair on that album.
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