Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise [RVG Edition]

by Jimmy Smith

Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise [RVG Edition] cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 14 September 1999
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:09:42
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rudy Van Gelder's remaster of Jimmy Smith's live recordings at Smalls' Paradise presents the organist who made the Hammond B-3 a jazz instrument. Smith's soul jazz joined blues phrasing to bebop fluency.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, melodic, saxophone, sophisticated, velvety

Tracklist

  1. Imagination (7:52)
  2. Walkin' (11:38)
  3. My Funny Valentine (11:02)
  4. It's Only A Paper Moon (10:24)
  5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (6:58)
  6. Laura (10:26)
  7. Indiana (15:40)
  8. Body And Soul (10:03)
  9. The Champ (13:47)
  10. Lover Man (7:28)
  11. Slightly Monkish (6:59)
  12. After Hours (10:58)
  13. Just Friends (6:27)

Credits

  • Jimmy Smith - primary artist, organ, written-by
  • Gordon H Jee - creative director [rvg series]

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