“The Incredible Jimmy Smith, Live At Club Baby Grand ,Vol. 1 & 2″
( 2 LP, Blue Note Records, 1956 )
Catalog # BST 81528
Tracklisting:
Vol.1
01 – Introduction by Mitch Thomas
02 – Sweet Georgia Brown
03 – Where or When
04 – The Preacher
05 – Rosetta
Vol.2
01 – Caravan
02 – Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
03 – Get Happy
04 – It’s Alright With Me
Personnel & Credits:
Bob Blumenthal – Liner Notes
Michael Cuscuna – Reissue Producer
Leonard Feather – Original Liner Notes
Alfred Lion – Producer
Reid Miles – Cover Design
Thornel Schwartz – Guitar
James Oscar Smith, Jr.– Organ
Rudy Van Gelder – Remastering
Francis Wolff – Photography, Cover Photo
Amanda Wray – Reissue Design
Note:
Recorded live on August 4, 1956 at Club Baby Grand, Wilmington, Delaware.
Review:
Jimmy Smith’s initial success was in the many urban, inner city jazz clubs that dotted America in the 1950s. Blue Note decided to venture out of New York and capture their unique new jazz star in his element at Club Baby Grand, Wilminton, Delware on August 4, 1956. The trio is smokin’ and this revolutionary organist plays like a man possessed. His 12-minute excursion on “The Preacher” and dazzling extended improvisation on “It’s Allright with Me” are among the highlights of these two volumes.
By Celo
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