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Soul jazz

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Soul jazz is hard bop with even more gospel and blues, and a groove that makes the audience move along. The sound is often defined by the Hammond organ, an electric organ with a rotating speaker. Jimmy Smith from Norristown near Philadelphia made records with it for Blue Note from 1956, played the bass lines himself with his left hand and pedals, and became the example for a whole generation. Organ trios played in bars in Black neighbourhoods of Philadelphia, Newark and Harlem. The alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley had a success in 1959 with This Here by his pianist Bobby Timmons, and the Ramsey Lewis trio reached the charts in 1965 with The 'In' Crowd. At the Montreux festival in 1969, Les McCann and Eddie Harris recorded Compared to What. Hip hop producers would later sample a great deal of soul jazz.

Listening

Listening tip. Notice the organ: it plays chords, melody and bass at the same time.

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