A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1
1956 studio album by Jimmy Smith at the Organ
A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1 | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy Smith at the Organ | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | February 18, 1956 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:04 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 1512 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Jimmy Smith chronology | ||||
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Singles from A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1 | ||||
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A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1 is the debut album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on February 18, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year.[1]
Background
The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's following two LPs, A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2 (1956) and Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956).[2]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | (CD reissue) [4] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The debut of organist Jimmy Smith on records (he was already 30) was a major event, for he introduced a completely new and very influential style on the organ, one that virtually changed the way the instrument is played."[3]
Track listing
Side 1
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:04
- "You Get 'Cha" – 4:23 (Jimmy Smith)
- "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 4:26
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:49
Side 2
- "The High and the Mighty" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
- "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:30
- "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) – 4:35
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:56
- "Joy" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 3:13
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ
- Thornel Schwartz – guitar
- Bay Perry – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Babs Gonzales – liner notes
References
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 5, 2010
- ^ "Jimmy Smith - A New Sound... A New Star, Volume 1–3". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 5, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Jimmy Smith
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
albums
- A New Sound... A New Star... Volume 1 (1956)
- A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (1956)
- The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956)
- At Club Baby Grand (1956)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (1957)
- Plays Pretty Just for You (1957)
- Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
- Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise (1957)
- House Party (1958)
- The Sermon (1958)
- Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958)
- Cool Blues (1958)
- Six Views of the Blues (1958)
- Home Cookin' (1958–59)
- Crazy! Baby (1960)
- Open House (1960)
- Plain Talk (1960)
- Midnight Special (1960)
- Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
- Straight Life (1961)
- Plays Fats Waller (1962)
- I'm Movin' On (1963)
- Bucket! (1963)
- Rockin' the Boat (1963)
- Prayer Meetin' (with Stanley Turrentine, 1963)
- One Night with Blue Note (1985)
albums
- Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (1962)
- Hobo Flats (1963)
- Any Number Can Win (1963)
- Blue Bash! (with Kenny Burrell, 1963)
- The Cat (1964)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
- Christmas '64 (1964)
- Monster (1965)
- Organ Grinder Swing (1965)
- Got My Mojo Workin' (1966)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
- Peter & the Wolf (1966)
- Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (with Wes Montgomery, 1966)
- Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966)
- Respect (1967)
- The Boss (1968)
- Groove Drops (1970)
- The Other Side of Jimmy Smith (1970)
- Root Down (1972)
- Bluesmith (1972)
- Damn! (1995)
- Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams (1995)
- Dot Com Blues (2000)
other labels
- Black Smith (1974)
- The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby, 1969)
- Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
- Ellington Is Forever (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984)
- L.A. Is My Lady (Frank Sinatra, 1984)
- Bad (Michael Jackson, 1987)
- Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)