Jimmy Smith

Artist:  Jimmy Smith
Birth Name:  James Oscar Smith
Born:  December 8, 1925.  Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  February 8, 2005 (Aged 79).  Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Hammond B-3, Electric Organ

Jimmy Smith was an American Jazz Musician.  He wasn't the first organ player in Jazz but no one had a greater influence with the instrument that he did.  He recorded more than 30 albums for Blue Note Records between 1956 and 1963, collaborating with the likes of Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine and Jackie McLean.  In 1963, he signed a new record deal with Verve.  In 2005, he was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon Jazz Musicians.

Title:  Groovin' At Smalls Paradise (RVG Edition - 2 CD Complete)  (1999)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Imagination  (7:56)
 2.  Walkin'  (11:42)
 3.  My Funny Valentine  (11:04)
 4.  It's Only A Paper Moon  (10:28)
 5.  I Can't Give You Anything But Love  (7:01)
 6.  Laura  (10:28)

Disc 2:

 1.  Indiana  (15:41)
 2.  Body And Soul  (10:04)
 3.  The Champ  (13:47)
 4.  Lover Man  (7:29)
 5.  Slightly Monkish  (7:00)
 6.  After Hours  (10:59)
 7.  Just Friends  (6:30)

Personnel:

Jimmy Smith:  Organ
Eddie McFadden:  Guitar
Donald Bailey:  Drums


Groovin' At Smalls Paradise is the live album by Jimmy Smith, originally released in 1957 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued in 1999 by Blue Note Records, in complete 2 CD.