Jimmy Smith - A New Sound… A New Star… (1956) [Reissue 1997]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 642 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 340 MB | Covers - 26 MB
Genre: Soul Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (7243 8 57191 2 7)
A New Sound… A New Star… (subtitled Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. 1) is the debut album by Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label. The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's following two LP's A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 and The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ.
With less of an emphasis of low-key blues numbers than subsequent albums, the work here is informed by the energy and harmonic sophistication of bebop, and Smith is incandescent throughout…