James Alan Smith

R'n'B, Soul, Funk, and Jazz arranger, producer and keyboards player from Queens, New York, known for playing with artists like King Curtis, Cornell Dupree, Chuck Rainey, and Robert Palmer, and for serving as keyboardist with the band Stuff after Richard Tee's passing.

Known to his friends (and often credited on records as) "Jimmy," James Allen Smith is often confused with the Blue Note / Verve jazz organist Jimmy Smith.