Results for "Jimmy Smith"

Jimmy Smith: Organ Grinder Swing

by C. Andrew Hovan
January 1, 2001

It was through his early work on Blue Note that the world-shattering innovations of Jimmy Smith first reached the record buying public. Pure be-bop was the order of the day and aside from a special guest or two thrown in from time to time, Smith worked mainly in a trio context. Then the organist left for ...

Jimmy Smith's Finest Hour

By Jimmy Smith

Label: HighNote
Released: 2000

Root Down

By Jimmy Smith

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1. Sagg Shootin

Dot Com Blues

By Jimmy Smith

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing: Only in It for the Money; 8 Counts for Rita; Strut; C.C. Rider; I Just Wanna Make Love to You; Mood Indigo; Over and Over; Three O'Clock Blues; Dot Com Blues; Mr. Johnson; Tuition Blues; Since I Met You Baby.

Jimmy Smith: Root Down

by David Adler
October 1, 2000

Much of the music on Jimmy Smith’s Root Down seems tailor-made for sampling by today’s hip-hop and electronica artists. Small wonder that the Beastie Boys had a hit in 1994 with their rap version of the title track. On this 1972 reissue, three of the album’s original tracks are restored to their full, unedited length and ...

Jimmy Smith: Root Down

by Derek Taylor
September 1, 2000

Sharing a fate similar to many musical innovators who weather the test of time Jimmy Smith eventually became a prisoner of the very style he pioneered. Cookie-cutter sessions that paled in comparison to his early, genre-defining work have become the norm in the organist’s later years. Root Down, recently reissued as part of ‘Verve By Request’ ...

Groovin' At Small's Paradise

By Jimmy Smith

Label: HighNote
Released: 1999

Ultimate Jimmy Smith

By Jimmy Smith

Label: HighNote
Released: 1999

The Cat Swings Again

By Jimmy Smith

Label: HighNote
Released: 1999

Six Views Of The Blues

By Jimmy Smith

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: St. Louis Blues; The Swinging Shepherd Blues; Blues No. 1; Blues No. 2; Blues No. 3; Blues No. 4. (Total Playing Time 48:55).

Personnel : Jimmy Smith: Organ; Cecil Payne: Baritone Saxophone; Kenny Burrell: Guitar; Art Blakey: Drums; Donald Bailey: Drums.