Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith‘s source of wealth comes from being a pianist. How much money is Jimmy Smith worth at the age of 98 and what’s his real net worth now?

As of 2024, Jimmy Smith’s net worth is $1.1 million.

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Jimmy Smith (born December 8, 1925) is famous for being pianist. He currently resides in Pennsylvania. Famous for his work on the Hammond B-3 electric organ, this 20th-century jazz musician and leader of The Jimmy Smith Trio recorded over a hundred albums, many of them Billboard ranked, and was the 2005 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award.

Jimmy Smith is a Sagittarius and was born in The Year of the Ox

Life

Jimmy Smith was born in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, December 8, 1925 (Silent Generation generation). He is 98 years old and is a Sagittarius. James Oscar “Jimmy” Smith (December 8, 1925 or 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who achieved the rare distinction of releasing a series of instrumental jazz albums that often charted on Billboard. Smith helped popularize the Hammond B-3 electric organ, creating an indelible link between sixties soul and jazz improvisation. His first Blue Note album, A New Sound… A New Star… Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 1, was released in 1956, but it was another 1956 recording, The Champ, that launched him to stardom.

A self-taught pianist, he won a boogie-woogie piano contest sponsored by a Philadelphia radio station when he was only nine years old. He later studied at both the Royal Hamilton College of Music and the Leo Ornstein School of Music. Jimmy Smith is a member of Richest Celebrities and Pianists.