Results for "Jimmy Smith"

Jimmy Smith: Softly As A Summer Breeze

by Chris May
March 17, 2006

An oddity and supporting cast player in the Jimmy Smith canon, Softly As A Summer Breeze is nonetheless a welcome addition to Blue Note's Rudy Van Gelder remasters programme, bringing together three distinct sessions with partially overlapping personnel. All the evidence suggests the first four tracks were originally recorded for a Kenny Burrell album which was ...

Jimmy Smith: Music for Lovers

by Norman Weinstein
February 24, 2006

This Music for Lovers compilation is probably the most restrained Jimmy Smith collection ever compiled, and it allows a rarely presented side of Smith's work from 1957-1960 to be spotlit. It's also an ideal showcase for Smith as delicately tasteful accompanist. An apt comparison would be to Oscar Peterson during the '50s. All ...

Jimmy Smith

By Jimmy Smith

Label: HighNote
Released: 2005

Retrospective

By Jimmy Smith

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1 You Get Cha'; 2 The Preacher; 3 The Champ; 4 Bayou; 5 Judo Mambo; 6 Willow Weep for Me; 7 Fiddlin' the Minors; 8 Well, You Needn't; 9 Get Happy; 10 Groovy Date; 11 Yardbird Suite; 12 Summertime; 13 All Day Long; 14 14 The Duel; 15 I Can't Get Started; 16 Body and Soul; 17 Slightly Monkish; 18 Blues After All; 19 Round Midnight; 20 The Shermon; 21 Flamingo; 22 Hackensack; 23 I Got a Woman; 24 See See Rider; 25 When Johnny Comes Marching Home; 26 Sista Rebecca; 27 Old Folks; 28 Back at the Chicken Shack; 29 Minor Chant; 30 Midnight Special; 31 The Jumpin' Blues; 32 Squeeze Me; 33 Ain't No Use; 34 Pork Chop; 35 Can Heat; 36 Come Rain or Come Shine; 37 Prayer Meetin'; 38 Fungii Mama.

Jimmy Smith: Retrospective

By Jimmy Smith

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Disc one: You Get 'Cha; The Preacher; The Champ; Bayou; Judo Mambo; Willow Weep for Me; Fiddlin' the Minors; Well, You Needn't; Get Happy; Groovy Date

Disc two: Yardbird Suite; Summertime; All Day Long; The Duel; I Can't Get Started; Body and Soul; Slightly Monkish; Blues After All; 'Round Midnight

Disc three: The Sermon; Flamingo; Hackensack; I Got a Woman; See See Rider; When Johnny Comes Marching Home; Sista Rebecca; Old Folks

Disc four: Back at the Chicken Shack; Minor Chant; Midnight Special; The Jumpin' Blues; Squeeze Me; Ain't No Use; Pork Chop; Can Heat; Come Rain or Come Shine; Prayer Meetin'; Fungii Mama

Jimmy Smith: Retrospective

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
August 10, 2005

He might not have been the first jazz organist, but Jimmy Smith's place in jazz history as the first to modernize and popularize its use as a featured jazz instrument is secure. His innovative style created the sub-genre of organ jazz, which many have followed. When he died this past February at age 76, Smith was ...

Jimmy Smith: Home Cookin'

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
June 18, 2005

"The Incredible Jimmy Smith cemented his reputation as the king of jazz organ during his prolific residency at Blue Note from 1956-63, as both a leader and collaborator with labelmates. His popularity and record sales helped the label grow and foster new talent. When he returned to Blue Note later in his career, it was only ...

Jimmy Smith: The Fantastic Jimmy Smith

by David Rickert
June 14, 2005

If you're ignorant like I was, you may have thought that A New Sound, A New Star featured the very first Jimmy Smith recordings. But actually he recorded a number of singles a few years before that for the obscure Bruce label. The fact that these early recordings have been out of print for forty years ...

Pulling Out All the Stops

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
March 7, 2005

If you were to make a list of all of the great jazz musicians to come out of Philadelphia, it would number more than the calories in a cheese steak sandwich. But if you were to narrow it down by instrument, when it came to the organ section, the list would be as short as the ...

Jimmy Smith: The Boss

by Germein Linares
March 1, 2005

Recorded at Paschal's La Carousel in Atlanta, Georgia, this '68 date has Jimmy Smith's organ paired with George Benson and Nathan Page on guitar as well as Donald Bailey on drums. The three originals, “Some of My Best Friends Are Blues," “The Boss," and “Fingers," are typical of Smith's compositions with organ and guitar conjuring electrified ...