Burnin’ B-3 Tony Monaco Salutes Organ Legend Jimmy Smith

Master organist Tony Monaco, the Hammond B-3 Burner in Tribute to the Great Jimmy Smith. Jimmy Smith ruled the Hammond organ in the ’50s and ’60s. He revolutionized the instrument, showing it could be creatively used in a jazz context and popularized in the process. His Blue Note sessions from 1956 to 1963 were extremely influential and many, like 1960’s Back at the Chicken Shack and 1958 ’s The Sermon, are classics. Smith turned the organ into almost an ensemble itself. He played walking bass lines an