Positive Psychology: Jimmy Smith

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Jimmy Smith - Honky Tonk

Jimmy Smith - Honky Tonk

German TV gig late 1980's I think. This shows his band stretching out on this R and B classic - Frank Wilson is the drummer; anyone know who the tenor sax and the guitarist are?

This is definitely the great Herman Riley on sax. He was Jimmy's horn player of choice for the last two decades of his life. They were like brothers, and Herman passed not long after Jimmy did. Herman was one of the humblest, kindest men I've ever known.

Terry Evans, also featured here, was the only guitarist Jimmy trusted with the iconic Billy Butler guitar phrasing.

This band recorded the song as a tribute to Bill Doggett on the CD "Prime Time" not long after the R&B organist's death.

Link: https://youtu.be/1wHHkrcr0eI

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."