Celebrate the December birthday of the late, great jazz organist Jimmy Smith by listening to his recordings with the Avenue ...

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.

Jimmy spent some of his childhood with his aunt when his parents couldn’t afford to feed him. His angelic voice lit up church ...

Grammy winner Jimmy Cliff, whose songs included hits like "The Harder They Come," has died, his family confirmed in a statement on social media.

NEW YORK(AP) — The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. Like so many Jamaican teens of his time, he moved to Kingston in the early 1960s and joined a ...