John Robert "Johnny Hammond" Smith (December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997) was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist . Born in Louisville, Kentucky , he was a renowned player of the Hammond B-3 organ so earning "Hammond" as a nickname, which also avoided his being confused with jazz guitarist Johnny Smith though this could lead to him being confused with Jimmy Smith (musician) , another Hammond great.
12-402: Johnny Hammond may refer to: Johnny "Hammond" Smith (1933–1997), American soul and jazz organist Johnny Hammond (rugby union) (1860–1907), English rugby union player See also [ edit ] John Hammond (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
24-582: A stroke which partially paralyzed him in 1993, Columbo was the oldest working musician in Atlantic City . Columbo got his first professional gig playing with Fletcher Henderson in 1921. Between the 1920s and the 1960s, he played at most of the city's nightclubs, and led the Club Harlem orchestra for 34 years until 1978, when the club shut its doors. Thereafter, Columbo's band went on to perform at practically every Atlantic City casino hotel . At
36-422: A version of "Summertime" featuring organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith . This record (with flip side an uptempo minor blues called "Minerology" [ sic ]) was fairly successful on radio in the early 1960s. Columbo flipped his sticks in the air, bounced them off the floor and often leaped from a motorcycle seat which was his drum throne. Columbo also appeared in the 1945 film It Happened In Harlem , based on
48-525: The Mizell Brothers , Gambler's Life (1974) for the CTI offshoot, Salvation and then in 1975, Gears after switching to another jazz label, Milestone Records. He began using electric and acoustic pianos, starting with Gambler's Life , in addition to his signature instrument. Hammond's song "Shifting Gears" was featured on the breakbeat compilation Ultimate Breaks and Beats , and was also featured in
60-476: The Harlem nightclub Smalls Paradise , and the 1947 film Look Out Sister . Chris is survived by two daughters, Yvette Mathison and JoAnn Morris, grand daughters Sheril Plunkett and Tana Lee, and great grand-children Dylan Plunkett, Kacie Mae Plunkett and Chance Lee. Columbo suffered a stroke in 1993 and died in 2002; he was 100 years old. To recognize his contributions to the history and music of Atlantic City,
72-488: The mid 1940s he also began drumming behind Louis Jordan , remaining with him until 1952. In the mid-to-late 1950s, Columbus backed Wild Bill Davis 's organ combo, and he recorded with Duke Ellington in 1967. He worked again as a leader in the 1970s, in addition to doing tours of Europe with Davis. While in France he played with Floyd Smith , Al Grey , Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson , Buddy Tate , and Milt Buckner . Prior to
84-754: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Hammond&oldid=826553164 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Johnny %22Hammond%22 Smith Smith played with Paul Williams and Chris Columbo before forming his own group. His bands featured singers Etta Jones , Byrdie Green , saxophonists Houston Person , Earl Edwards, guitarists Eddie McFadden, Floyd Smith, James Clark, vibist Freddie McCoy. His career took off as he
96-887: The soundtrack of the 2006 video game Driver: Parallel Lines as well. His song "Conquistadores Chocolates" was covered by BadBadNotGood and featured on GTA: The Cayo Perico Heist. (Rockstar Games) Smith also taught at the Cal Poly Pomona music department for several years, beginning in January 1987. He died in Victorville, California of cancer at the age of 63. With Gene Ammons With Billy Butler With Chris Columbus With Byrdie Green With Oliver Nelson With Sylvia Syms Chris Columbus (musician) Joseph Christopher Columbus Morris (June 17, 1902 – August 20, 2002 ), better known as Crazy Chris Columbo or just Chris Columbo ,
108-592: The time of his stroke, he was playing regularly at the Showboat . Columbo worked, recorded, and toured with prominent jazz artists including Duke Ellington , Dizzy Gillespie , Louis Jordan , Louis Armstrong , Wild Bill Davis , and Ella Fitzgerald . Columbo did an album on the Strand label called Jazz: Re-Discovering Old Favorites by the Chris Columbo Quintette [ sic ] including
120-473: Was an American jazz drummer. He was sometimes credited as Joe Morris on record, though he is no relation to free jazz guitarist Joe Morris or trumpeter Joe Morris . Columbus was active as a jazz musician from the 1920s into the 1990s, and was a father figure to Sonny Payne . He led his own band from the 1930s into the late 1940s, holding a residency at the Savoy Ballroom for a period. During
132-432: Was chosen that year to launch Kudu. The album featured Grover Washington Jr. as a sideman prior to the launch of his career as a solo recording artist. Three further albums followed with Taylor on Kudu, as he decided to refer to himself as "Johnny Hammond", after deciding to drop "Smith" from his name. His style had become increasingly funky as he adapted to the style changes in music, culminating in two popular albums with
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#1732787189652144-447: Was serving as accompanist to singer Nancy Wilson . One of his last accomplishments also included Nancy Wilson. He wrote the song "Quiet Fire" for her Nancy Now! release in 1988. After a 10-year spell on Prestige Records throughout the 1960s resulting in a series of albums, he signed for soul/R&B influenced Kudu imprint of Creed Taylor 's well-regarded CTI Records jazz record label in 1971. His first album for Taylor, Breakout
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