The Cat

by The Incredible Jimmy Smith

The Cat cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1964
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 16:02
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Jimmy Smith's percussive Hammond B-3 organ playing is situated within dramatic, cinematic big band charts arranged by Lalo Schifrin. The production balances the aggressive, rhythmic organ vamps with heavy, syncopated brass sections.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, orchestral, groove-laden, rhythmic, soulful

Tracklist

  1. Theme From "Joy House" (4:36)
  2. The Cat (From The Motion Picture "Joy House") (3:22)
  3. Basin Street Blues (3:59)
  4. Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers" (4:05)
  5. Chicago Serenade
  6. St. Louis Blues
  7. Delon's Blues
  8. Blues In The Night

Credits

  • Jimmy Smith - primary artist, organ, written-by
  • Lalo Schifrin - arranged by, conductor, written-by
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Tony Studd - bass trombone
  • Grady Tate - drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
  • Val Valentin - engineer [director]
  • Bill Correa - french horn
  • Earl Chapin - french horn
  • Jim Buffington - french horn
  • Ray Alonge - french horn
  • Kenny Burrell - guitar
  • Al Jazzbo Collins - liner notes
  • Phil Kraus - percussion
  • Ken Whitmore - photography by [cover photo]
  • Creed Taylor - producer
  • Billy Byers - trombone
  • Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
  • Urbie Green - trombone
  • Bernie Glow - trumpet
  • Ernie Royal - trumpet
  • Jimmy Maxwell - trumpet
  • Marky Markowitz - trumpet
  • Snooky Young - trumpet
  • Thad Jones - trumpet
  • Don Butterfield - tuba
  • Spencer Williams - written-by
  • Elmer Bernstein - written-by
  • Eddie Harris - written-by
  • W. C. Handy - written-by
  • Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer - written-by

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