The Finest in Jazz

~ Release by Jimmy Smith (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1The Champ
drums (drum set):
Donald “Duck” Bailey (drummer and harmonica player) (on 1956-03-27)
guitar:
Thornel Schwartz (on 1956-03-27)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1956-03-27)
recording of:
The Champ (on 1956-03-27)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
Skyview Music
8:38
2Blues After All
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1957-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Donald “Duck” Bailey (drummer and harmonica player) (on 1957-08-25)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1957-08-25)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1957-08-25)
trombone:
Curtis Fuller (on 1957-08-25)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1957-08-25)
recorded at:
Manhattan Towers (hotel ballroom used for Van Gelder recording) in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-08-25)
recording of:
Blues After All (on 1957-08-25)
composer:
Kenny Burrell
6:06
3I Got a Woman
drums (drum set):
Donald “Duck” Bailey (drummer and harmonica player) (on 1959-05-24)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1959-06-24)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1959-05-24)
instrumental cover recording of:
I Got a Woman (on 1959-05-24)
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Renald Richard
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Mijac Music, Progressive Music Pub. Co., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:52
4Minor Chant
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1960-04-25)
producer:
Alfred Lion
drums (drum set):
Donald Bailey (drummer and harmonica player) (on 1960-04-25)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1960-04-25)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1960-04-25)
tenor saxophone:
Stanley Turrentine (on 1960-04-25)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1960-04-25)
recording of:
Minor Chant (on 1960-04-25)
composer:
Stanley Turrentine
publisher:
Groove Music
7:32
5The Jumpin' Blues
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1960-04-25)
recording of:
Jumpin’ the Blues (on 1960-04-25)
writer:
Walter Brown (US jazz/blues singer) and Jay McShann
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
5:29
6When Johnny Comes Marching Home
drums (drum set):
Donald “Duck” Bailey (drummer and harmonica player) (on 1960-01-04)
guitar:
Quentin Warren (on 1960-01-04)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1960-01-04)
instrumental recording of:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (trad.) (on 1960-01-04)
lyricist:
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6637)
7:58
7Fungii Mama
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1986-01-03)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1986-01-03)
percussion:
Crusher Bennett (on 1986-01-03)
tenor saxophone:
Stanley Turrentine (on 1986-01-03)
recording of:
Fungii Mama (on 1986-01-03)
composer:
Blue Mitchell (American trumpet player)
4:51

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ASIN:UK: B000O5BP5K [info]