The Sounds of Jimmy Smith
1957 studio album by Jimmy Smith
The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy Smith | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | February 11–13, 1957 (1957-02-11 – 1957-02-13) | |||
Studio | Manhattan Towers, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:50 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 1556 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Jimmy Smith chronology | ||||
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The Sounds of Jimmy Smith is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded over February 11–13, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "Excellent straightahead jazz from the innovative organist".[2]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Track listing
Side 1
- "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 5:35
- "The Fight" (Jimmy Smith) – 5:05
- "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 8:42
Side 2
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:37
- "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley) – 8:37
- "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, George Gershwin) – 5:14
Bonus tracks on 2003 CD reissue
- "First Night Blues" (Smith) – 8:06
- "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 8:12
- "The Third Day" (Smith) – 6:41
- Recorded at Manhattan Towers in New York City on February 11 (tracks 5 & 7), February 12 (track 6) and February 13 (tracks 1-4, 8 & 9), 1957
Personnel
Musicians
February 11, 1957
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Eddie McFadden – guitar
- Art Blakey – drums
February 12 & 13, 1957
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Eddie McFadden – guitar (except "The Fight", "All the Things You Are", "The Third Day")
- Donald Bailey – drums (except "The Fight", "All the Things You Are", "The Third Day")
Technical
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Harold Feinstein – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
References
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 25, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 25, 2010
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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)