The Sounds of Jimmy Smith
by Jimmy Smith
- Type: Album
- Released: August 1959
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Pioneering the role of the Hammond B-3 organ in modern jazz, the virtuoso utilizes a trio setting to execute incredibly fast, technically dazzling right-hand runs. His complex foot-pedal basslines negate the need for a bassist, providing a thick, relentless groove over which Art Blakey's fierce drumming perfectly sits. The session captures the sheer visceral excitement of the organ-combo format in its infancy.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental
Tracklist
Credits
- Jimmy Smith - primary artist, organ, written-by
- Art Blakey - drums
- Donald Bailey - drums
- Eddie McFadden - guitar
- Harry Warren - written-by [uncredited]
- Mack Gordon - written-by [uncredited]
- Rodgers & Hart - written-by
- Hammerstein-Kern - written-by
- Alfred Lion - producer