These two albums were recorded nearly ten years apart, the first for Blue Note and the second for Verve. The First, The Sermon, contains only three tracks, presented here with no editing and no ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Jimmy Smith, a pioneering jazz organist, died February 8, 2005.

It’s been a period of transition for musician Jimmy Smith. The songwriter and bass player for the sort-of defunct legendary alt./indie/roots band The Gourds, which broke up in 2013 – “the day Lou Reed ...