Walk on the Wild Side' M series jam - Jimmy Smith
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Joe GlossopJoe Glossop jams on Jimmy Smith's 'Walk on the Wild Side' on the M series, showing how reverb, chorus vibrato, percussion and the Leslie combine to shape the tone.
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Lesson transcript
Walk on the Wild Side - Jimmy Smith Tune
Okay, so I'm going to do a little jam here on "Walk on the Wild Side," a Jimmy Smith tune. Just to show you a couple of different tones you can get on the M series here.
Overview of the Jam
- During that little jam there, I used a few different sounds:
- Started on second harmonic: The important thing with that track is that we had reverb on. Loads of reverb that's coming out of the internal speaker there on the right-hand side.
Playing with Reverb
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You can play with the reverb to really bring out what you're doing. You get a trail on every note, allowing you to stretch out.
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Second Harmonic: With that kind of Booker T setting, I had vibrato on.
- It's chorus vibrato, different from the C3. It can get a bit crazy.
- If you have a lot on, it's really noticeable, like a small celeste, kind of crazy vibrato on this instrument.
Sound Combinations
- There are a lot of nut sounds you can get.
- The combination of:
- Percussion
- Vibrato
- Reverb
Switching Tones
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I used that with fast Leslie as well, which obviously gives a different sound.
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Then I switched to a thinner sound and brought a bit of that in.
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Drawbars: There's a pad on the bottom there, 8 and 4 drawbars.
- On an M100, this would be the bottom two drawbars.
- I'm using the reverb as a bit of a tool when changing between chords.
Cool Effects
- You really get that kind of trail on the end of it.
- It's just a cool effect, adding a bit of punctuation in the tune when you're playing alone like this.
Final Idea
- Then, what I did was play the melody as a big kind of phrase chord in a thin setting.
- You can use a piano country-style roll in those pullback phrases.
- The use of the Leslie and drawbars together creates a very cool effect.
There's a lot of stuff to try out here, many different tones. I hope that was helpful!
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Joe Glossop is a keyboard player from Sheffield who has made his name on the Hammond organ. He currently holds the organ chair in Tom Jones's touring band, and has played with Van Morrison and James Hunter, as well as on piano and Rhodes. His courses get the real Hammond sound out of any keyboard - drawbar registration, the Leslie, the walking-bass left hand, and the comping and soloing vocabulary of the soul-jazz, blues and rock organ traditions, from Jimmy Smith to Booker T.
