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:  Prayer Meetin' (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)  (2020)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Fusion Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Prayer Meeting  (5:45)

 2.  I Almost Lost My Mind  (9:25)

 3.  Stone Cold Dead In The Market  (3:43)

Side 2:

 1.  When The Saints Go Marching In  (6:15)

 2.  Red Top  (7:38)

 3.  Picnickin'  (6:30)

Personnel:

Jimmy Smith:  Organ

Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone

Quentin Warren:  Guitar

Donald Bailey:  Drums

Prayer Meetin' is an album by Jimmy Smith with Stanley Turrentine, originally released in 1964, by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on July 31, 2020 by Blue Note, featuring Stanley Turrentine, Quentin Warren, and Donald Bailey.