At Club Baby Grand

At Club Baby Grand
Live album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1956
Recorded	August 4, 1956
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956) At Club Baby Grand (1956) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)

At Club Baby Grand is a live album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded at Club Baby Grand in Wilmington, Delaware in 1956 and originally released in two volumes on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett states "It's all Jimmy Smith in full flight, bubbling over with cascading notes and breathless detours, and if his studio work is generally more structured and considered (but only a little more so), this set shows him in what was his natural habitat, astounding an audience in a small club. Bailey keeps up with things and Schwartz gets a word in now and then, but this is Smith's show all the way".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

Volume One

1. Introduction by Mitch Thomas - 0:59
2. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 9:33
3. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 9:17
4. "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) - 11:55
5. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) - 10:08

Volume Two

1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 10:18
2. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 10:46
3. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 7:27
4. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) - 11:53

Recorded at Club Baby Grand in Wilmington, Delaware on August 4, 1956

Personnel

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Thornel Schwartz - guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

References