Prayer Meetin'

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Prayer Meetin'
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released 1964
Recorded February 8, 1963
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 39:16 original LP
55:23 CD reissue
Label Blue Note
BST 84164
Producer Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology

Rockin' the Boat
(1963)
Prayer Meetin'
(1963)
Hobo Flats
(1963)

Prayer Meetin' is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD with two bonus tracks from the same session.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Prayer Meetin' is a delight from start to finish".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated
  1. "Prayer Meeting" - 5:45
  2. "I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 9:25
  3. "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" (Wilmoth Houdini) - 3:43
  4. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Traditional) - 6:15
  5. "Red Top" (Gene Ammons) - 7:38
  6. "Picnickin'" - 6:30
  7. "Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) - 8:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Smith Walk" - 7:12 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. Blue Note discography accessed November 26, 2010
  2. 2.0 2.1 Leggett, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2010
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