Jimmy "Jammin'" Smith
Deceased Person
1926 – 1953
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Who was Jimmy "Jammin'" Smith?
James Darwin Smith was an American jazz trumpet player who reached his peak in the early 1950s.
After a bebop debut with Miles Davis in a small group setting Smith continued to record for Blue Note and played a number of gigs in Chicago. His first self composed stylistic jazz was a piece called "Cold Jammin" and earned him his nickname Jimmy "Jammin" Smith. Smith died at the early age of 27 from a heroin overdose after one of his concerts.
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