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Organist. He’s also called Johnny “Hammond” Smith to tell apart him through the more popular record producer, professional, and critic and/or his boy. An organist within the soul-jazz setting, he had a short second in the limelight using the ’70s recording Breakout, where his edition of “It’s As well Past …

In fact nicknamed after his instrument, Johnny “Hammond” Smith was maybe one of the most underrated soul-jazz organists from the style’s heyday. Created John Robert Smith in Louisville, KY, on Dec 16, 1933, Smith started learning piano as a kid, idolizing Bud Powell and Artwork Tatum in early stages. After …