Jimmy Smith,known as the father of the Hammond B3 organ, returns to the Iridium Jazz Club (1650 Broadway,at 51st

Street;[212 ] 581–2121;Tickets,$35;8 p.m. and 10 p.m.sets through Sunday) with his quartet.Inspired by Wild Bill

Davis,Smith taught himself to play the B3 nearly 50 years ago,and made his debut in an Atlantic City nightclub in

1955.He gained a wide audience with his releases from the late ’50s and early ’60s,which included “Back at

the Chicken Shack.” Now he ‘s inspiring others,and even in this age of lightweight keyboards,he sticks to the

original,blending R&B,blues and gospel and dashing it with bebop.