Jimmie Smith

James Howard Smith (born January 27, 1938, Newark, New Jersey) is an American jazz drummer. Smith studied at the Al Germansky School for Drummers in his home town of Newark from 1951–54, then attended the Juilliard School in 1959–60. He began his professional career in New York City around this time. Played with : Jimmy Forrest (1960), Larry Young (1960-1962), trio : Lambert Hendricks & Ross (1962-'63), Pony Poindexter (1963), Jimmy Witherspoon (1963), Gildo Mahones (1963), Jimmy McGriff (1963-'65), Groove Holmes (1965), Erroll Garner (1967-'74) and others.