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:   Back At The Chicken Shack (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition) (2021)

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

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Black At The Chicken Shack  (8:01)

 2.  When I Grow Too Old To Dream  (9:54)

Side 2:

 1.  Minor Chant   (7:30)

 2.  Messy Bessie  (12:25)

Personnel:

Jimmy Smith:  Organ

Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar

Donald Bailey:  Drums

Back At The Chicken Shack is an album by Jimmy Smith, originally released in 1963 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued  on June 25, 2021 by Blue Note, featuring Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell and Donald Bailey.  180 Gram Vinyl.