Jimmy Smith Receives "American Jazz Hall Of Fame" Award, Thursday, April 24 at the Iridium

Thursday, April 24, 2003
At The Iridium Jazz Club

New York, NY - The New Jersey Jazz Society and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University are pleased to announce the election of organist Jimmy Smith to their American Jazz Hall of Fame. The presentation will be made at the Iridium Jazz Club (1650 Broadway NYC) by society president Joe Lang on Thursday, April 24, 2003 prior to the first set at 8:PM.

The AJHOF was established in 1982 to recognize individuals who have earned a special place in the history of jazz. Since the first class was elected in 1983, almost 200 jazz greats have been elected to the AJHOF. It has been the practice in recent years to present the AJHOF plaques to surviving members at appearances by them in the New York City Metro Area. AJHOF awards were recently presented to Terry Gibbs at The Iridium Jazz Club in New York City on Friday, April 4th, and to Ahmad Jamal at the Community Theatre in Morristown, New Jersey on Saturday, April 5th.

Other 2003 inductees include Claude “Fiddler" Williams, Gene Ammons, Bill Harris, Joe Mooney and Mel Torme

For more information about the New Jersey Jazz Society visit: www.njjs.org/ and Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University visit: www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/abtlib/danlib/jazz.htm