Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith - The Cat (1964) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2014] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Jimmy Smith - The Cat (1964) [Japanese SHM-SACD 2014]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 32:57 minutes | Scans included | 1002 MB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 891 MB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 807 MB

The Cat is a 1964 album by Jimmy Smith. It features the sound of Smith's Hammond B-3 organ with big band arrangements by composer Lalo Schifrin. The album reached number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. The track "The Cat" has been sampled by Pizzicato 5 "Twiggy Twiggy" and The Orb "Perpetual Dawn (Ultrabass 2)".
Jimmy Smith & Eddie Harris - All The Way Live [Recorded 1981] (1996)

Jimmy Smith & Eddie Harris - All The Way Live [Recorded 1981] (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 213 MB | Covers (8 MB) included
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Milestone Records (0025218925129)

Strange as it seems, organist Jimmy Smith and tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris have to this date only played together once. Their recorded collaboration at San Francisco's Keystone Korner in 1981 has recently been released for the first time by Milestone on All the Way Live. Harris (who utilizes an electrified tenor) and Smith (along with drummer Kenny Dixon) jam a couple of blues, the funky "8 Counts for Rita" (which has some audience participation) and three familiar standards. The recording quality is not state-of-the-art but is certainly listenable and the high level of the playing overcomes any technical deficiencies. Essentially a hard bop stylist, Eddie Harris's brilliance and originality are sometimes hidden under his innovative use of electronics but he has long had his own sound while Jimmy Smith is the originator of his very influential style…

Jimmy Smith - Music For Lovers [Recorded 1957-1960] (2006)  Music

Posted by gribovar at June 6, 2019
Jimmy Smith - Music For Lovers [Recorded 1957-1960] (2006)

Jimmy Smith - Music For Lovers [Recorded 1957-1960] (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 285 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 121 MB | Covers - 64 MB
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946358354 2 7)

Part of Blue Note's Music for Lovers series - although points should be taken off for the lousy covers - these nine cuts show a different side of the wild, inventive, and funky soul-jazz organist Jimmy Smith. These ballads were recorded between 1958 and 1960 (with one exception, "Little Girl Blue," taped in 1957), all of them standards. Smith is in fine company on these sides. Some of the other players include Kenny Burrell, Ray Crawford, Blue Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Jackie McLean, and Ike Quebec. Smith's sensitive side is revealed in readings of "Lover Man," "Willow Weep for Me," "Angel Eyes," "My One and Only Love," and "It Could Happen to You"…
Jimmy Smith - Softly As A Summer Breeze (1965) [RVG Edition 2006]

Jimmy Smith - Softly As A Summer Breeze (1965) [RVG Edition 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 322 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 124 MB | Covers (7 MB) included
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 55523 2 4)

Softly as a Summer Breeze is one of Jimmy Smith's more obscure Blue Note dates. The six-song trio program finds the organist joined by either guitarist Kenny Burrell and drummer Philly Joe Jones, or guitarist Eddie McFadden and drummer Donald Bailey. At first glance, the album may look like a ballad-oriented set, but "Hackensack" really cooks, "Sometimes I'm Happy" struts, and "One for Philly Joe" (a familiar but unplaceable melody used for a later pop tune) heats thing up, and the LP has its exciting moments.
Jimmy Smith - Live At The Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2 (1956) [RVG Edition 2008]

Jimmy Smith - Live At The Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2 (1956) [RVG Edition 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 205 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 103 MB | Covers (8 MB) included
Genre: Hard Bop, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 92787 2 5)

Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s, and he was still the next big thing on the block when he recorded two LP volumes live over the course of two afternoon sets and three evening sets on August 4, 1956, at Club Baby Grand in Wilmington, DE. Smith had already tracked three successful studio LPs for Blue Note Records at sessions held earlier in the year in February, March, and June, and the time seemed right to present him in a concert setting where the full whirlwind force of his speedy playing could be best appreciated…
Jimmy Smith - Live At The Club Baby Grand, Vol. 1 (1956) [RVG Edition 2008]

Jimmy Smith - Live At The Club Baby Grand, Vol. 1 (1956) [RVG Edition 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 204 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 106 MB | Covers (8 MB) included
Genre: Hard Bop, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 92785 2 7)

Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s, and he was still the next big thing on the block when he recorded two LP volumes live over the course of two afternoon sets and three evening sets on August 4, 1956, at Club Baby Grand in Wilmington, DE. Smith had already tracked three successful studio LPs for Blue Note Records at sessions held earlier in the year in February, March, and June, and the time seemed right to present him in a concert setting where the full whirlwind force of his speedy playing could be best appreciated…

Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues (1980) [Reissue 2002]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 28, 2019
Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues (1980) [Reissue 2002]

Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues (1980) [Reissue 2002]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 404 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 170 MB | Covers - 70 MB
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (7243 5 35587 2 7)

Recorded live at Small's Paradise, New York City on April 7, 1958. This CD should greatly interest all Jimmy Smith collectors, including those who already have the original LP. In addition to four excellent selections (quintets with altoist Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks on tenor, guitarist Eddie McFadden, either Art Blakey or Donald Bailey on drums, and the organist/leader), there are three previously unissued numbers from the same gig, featuring the quartet of Donaldson, Smith, McFadden, and Bailey. The repertoire is filled with blues and bop standards, and the soloing is at a consistently high and hard-swinging level. Jimmy Smith fans will be pleased.

Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963) [Reissue 2007]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 6, 2019
Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963) [Reissue 2007]

Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963) [Reissue 2007]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 271 MB | Covers (15 MB) included
Genre: Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 92777 2 8), RVG Edition

Back at the Chicken Shack is one of organist Jimmy Smith's classic Blue Note sessions, and the first to draw attention to tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. Recorded in 1960 with Kenny Burrell on guitar, Donald Bailey on drums, and Turrentine, the group reaches the peak of funky soul jazz that all other challengers of the genre would have to live up to. Included on this uptempo session is a reworking of "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (a feature for Turrentine), Turrentine's "Minor Chant," two Smith compositions, "Messy Bessie" as well as the set's notable title cut. Smith's Midnight Special album was recorded at these same sessions, and is also exceptional.

Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special (1961) [Reissue 2007]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 27, 2019
Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special (1961) [Reissue 2007]

Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special (1961) [Reissue 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 253 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 98 MB | Covers (12 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 92775 2 0)

Midnight Special is a perfect complement to Back at the Chicken Shack, which was recorded the same day. Organist Jimmy Smith, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, and guitarist Kenny Burrell always make for a potent team, and with drummer Donald Bailey completing the group, the quartet digs soulfully into such numbers as the groovin' "Midnight Special," "Jumpin' the Blues," and "One O'Clock Jump."

Jimmy Smith - The Champ (1956) [Reissue 2005]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 27, 2018
Jimmy Smith - The Champ (1956) [Reissue 2005]

Jimmy Smith - The Champ (1956) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 136 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 100 MB | Covers (5 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Toshiba-EMI (TOCJ-6567), Japan

The Champ is an album by Jimmy Smith. It was recorded in New York City in 1956 and is an early example of hard bop jazz. Smith performs alone on this album.