A few years back I was playing a job in Louisville on a house B-3. The local B-3 master, who also played this place frequently
came up, introduced himself and said ,"hey, man, play "somethin". I put on my best Jimmy Smith face (no small feat for a short, pudgy white guy), and played "Chicken Shack".
I felt pretty good about it. He came back and asked again "man, play "somethin".
I sweated a bit and played another traditional Jimmy Smith blues.
He came back again, and this time I asked him "exactly, what do you want me to play?"
Turns out he wanted me to play the Beatles tune....you guessed it..."Something!
Russ