Johnny "Hammond" Smith (born John Robert Smith) was an American jazz organist born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 16, 1933 and who died on June 4, 1997. Smith was a renowned player of the Hammond B-3 organ, thus earning "Hammond" as a nickname. Smith recorded a series of albums on the well-regarded CTI Records (Creed Taylor) jazz record label. Hammond's song "Shifting Gears" was featured on the breakbeat compilation "Ultimate Breaks and Beats". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.