tavis: right. >> but the older jimmy smith was just out of this world, just unbelievable.how did you -- i mentioned earlier you were a child prodigy, you played all these instruments. how did you end up settling -- not that you don't play whatever you want to play -- but how did the hammond b-3 end up your signature instrument? >> well as i said, my teacher -- i tried to play like my mother. my mother was a beautiful keyboard player. she played piano, and she expressed so much feeling. i tried to imitate her. i wouldn't call myself a prodigy. i was just a kid that worked hard. i thought myself the oboe, the clarinet, because i love the sounds of those instruments. i got my degree from indiana playing trombone, another instrument that i just felt close to. but when i really wanted to express myself i would always look for this odd, unique instrument, the hammond b-3 organ. this thing that weighs 475 pounds, it's completely unwieldy, but for me, it was the place i felt most comfortable. using her techniques, using the way she taught me to move my fingers, and the way she tau