It’s been a period of transition for musician Jimmy Smith. The songwriter and bass player for the sort-of defunct legendary alt./indie/roots band The Gourds, which broke up in 2013 – “the day Lou Reed ...
Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.