Home Cookin' (album)

Home Cookin'
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released 1960
Recorded July 15, 1958
May 24 & June 16, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre Jazz blues
Length 39:37 original LP
70:10 CD reissue
Label Blue Note
BST 84050
Producer Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Six Views of the Blues
(1958)		 Home Cookin'
(1958-1959)		 Crazy! Baby
(1960)

Home Cookin' is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1958 and 1959 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD with five bonus tracks.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album 4 stars stating "The Hammond organ mastery of Jimmy Smith is arguably nowhere as profound as on this collection... Jimmy Smith's voluminous catalog is remarkably solid throughout and Home Cookin' is a recommended starting place for burgeoning enthusiasts as well as a substantial entry for the initiated".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated
  1. "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) - 6:35
  2. "Sugar Hill" (Kenny Burrell) - 5:19
  3. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) - 3:55
  4. "Messin' Around" - 5:55
  5. "Gracie" - 5:54
  6. "Come on Baby" (Burrell) - 6:50
  7. "Motorin' Along" (Jimmy McGriff) - 5:09

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) - 4:19
  2. "Apostrophe" (Percy France) - 6:35
  3. "Groanin'" (Jack McDuff) - 8:10
  4. "Motorin' Along" [alternate take] (McGriff) - 5:02
  5. "Since I Fell for You" [alternate take] (Johnson) - 6:27

Recorded on July 15, 1958 (tracks 7, 8, 11, 12), May 24, 1959 (tracks 3, 10) and June 16, 1959 (tracks 1, 2, 4-6 & 9).

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 25, 2010
  2. ^ a b Planer, L. Allmusic Review accessed November 25, 2010