The Cat...The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Vital Vinyl Jazz [Vinyl 1LP 180gr]

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2019-02-22
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: singlefoldowe etui
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Editor's Info:
If you know someone who says they don't get Jimmy Smith, just play them this album. It is consummate Hammond B3 playing with the added vibrancy of Lalo Schifrin's arrangements for big band. 'Basin Street Blues' eschews 1960s' sophistication, while the appropriately super cool 'Delon's Blues' is dedicated to the French actor Alain Delon, who Smith had befriended while on tour in Europe in 1963. Reviewers upon both the album's release and since have been somewhat patronizing in accusing Smith of being 'too commercial,' as though this is some kind of crime and if he were a real jazz artist he would avoid such a thing. This is a joyful, fabulous album that probably got more people listening to jazz than many of its contemporaries.

allmusic.com:
Compared to his earlier Blue Note recordings, organist Jimmy Smith's outings for Verve are not as strong from a jazz standpoint. Certainly his renditions of the "Theme from Joy House," "The Cat," and the "Main Title from The Carpetbaggers" are not all that significant. However, this set has some tasteful arrangements for the big band by Lalo Schifrin, and some good playing by the great organist on a variety of other blues-oriented material. Also, the combination of organ with a big band is sometimes quite appealing, making this album worth picking up despite its commercial focus.
by Scott Yanow

180gr heavyweight vinyl including download code.

muzycy:
Jimmy Smith: Organ
Lalo Schifrin: Arranged By, Conductor

Bass – George Duvivier
Bass Trombone – Tony Studd
Drums – Grady Tate
French Horn – Bill Correa, Earl Chapin, Jim Buffington, Ray Alonge
Guitar – Kenny Burrell
Percussion – Phil Kraus
Trombone – Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green
Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Jimmy Maxwell, Marky Markowitz, Thad Jones
Tuba – Don Butterfield

utwory:
1. Theme from Joy House (Lalo Schifrin) – 4:38
2. The Cat (from Joy House) (Lalo Schifrin, Rick Ward) – 3:24
3. Basin Street Blues (Spencer Williams) – 4:00
4. Main Title from The Carpetbaggers (Elmer Bernstein, Ray Colcord) – 3:56
5. Chicago Serenade (Eddie Harris) – 3:55
6. St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) – 3:18
7. Delon's Blues (Smith) – 4:48
8. Blues in the Night (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:45

total time - 32:44
wydano: 2019-02-22 (1964)
nagrano: April 27, 1964 - April 29, 1964, at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

more info: www.vervemusicgroup.com