Home / Music / Jimmy Smith's Midnight Special is soul jazz driven by virtuosic organMusic linernotes album music jimmy-smithJimmy Smith's Midnight Special is soul jazz driven by virtuosic organMidnight Special exemplifies soul jazz and hard bop, combining blues-inflected melodies with Jimmy Smith’s virtuosic organ technique and groove-oriented rhythms. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesJimmy Smith turned the Hammond B-3 into a solo instrumentJimmy Smith recorded Midnight Special in 1960 for Blue NoteJimmy Smith revolutionized the Hammond B-3 on Midnight SpecialStanley Turrentine and Grant Green join Jimmy Smith on Midnight SpecialAll five tracks on The Sidewinder are Lee Morgan originals — trumpet virtuosity and compositional chopsExploreGood for Your Soul blended new wave, ska, and art rock into a frenetic Oingo Boingo soundThe Disintegration Loops started with decaying tapes of 1982 radio MuzakOneness of Juju was the second incarnation of James Plunky Branch's Afrocentric jazz groupOtis Blue was Otis Redding's first album to top the R&B chart(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay became Otis Redding's only number-one, recorded three days before his deathPrevious Joe Jackson recorded Night and Day at Blue Rock Studio in Soho, New YorkNext Jimmy Smith turned the Hammond B-3 into a solo instrument