SMITH, JAMES OSCAR (JIMMY
). Jazz organist ( in Norristown, Pennsylvania). He came from a family of musical amateurs; both parents played piano. He began piano study at an early age and won first place on a Major Bowes Amateur Show when he was nine, which allowed him the opportunity to appear on radio programs. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at the Ornstein School of Music there (1946-49). He began his...