The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ
The Incredible Jimmy Smith (subtitled Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. 3) is the third album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's previous two LP's A New Sound... A New Star... and A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2.
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4 stars calling it "one of his most energetic and varied albums".[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated
- "Judo Mambo" – 5:31
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 5:41
- "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 6:42
- "Well, You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:23
- "Fiddlin' the Minors" – 5:08
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 4:43
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:38
- "Jamey" – 6:00 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Slightly Monkish" – 5:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on June 17 (tracks 2, 6, 8 & 9) and June 18 (tracks 1, 3-5, 7, 10 & 11), 1956
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