Smooth Sailing

by Arnett Cobb

Smooth Sailing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Prestige
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:49
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

After a devastating car crash nearly ended his career, the notoriously aggressive 'Wild Man of the Tenor Sax' returned to form with this earthy, groove-driven session. The robust playing, supported heavily by the rising influence of the Hammond B-3 organ, bridges his Texas blues origins with the contemporary soul-jazz movement.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Charmaine (4:26)
  2. Cobb's Mob (4:47)
  3. (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (4:47)
  4. Let's Split (3:47)
  5. Blues Around Dusk (8:21)
  6. Smooth Sailing (5:01)
  7. (I'm Left With The) Blues In My Heart (5:37)

Credits

  • Arnett Cobb - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • George Duvivier - bass, written-by
  • Esmond Edwards - cover, supervised by [supervision]
  • Osie Johnson - drums, written-by
  • Austin Mitchell - organ
  • Buster Cooper - trombone
  • Erno Rapee - written-by
  • Lew Pollack - written-by
  • Victor Young - Music By
  • Bing Crosby - Words By
  • Ned Washington - Words By
  • Benny Carter - Written-By
  • Irving Mills - Written-By

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