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Jimmy Smith: Electrifyin' (CD: Proper, 4 CDs)Jimmy Smith: Electrifyin' (CD: Proper, 4 CDs)
While the electric organ was used in jazz by Fats Waller and Count Basie, Smith's virtuoso improvisation technique on the Hammond helped to popularize the electric organ as a jazz and blues instrument. For ballads, he played walking bass lines on the bass foot pedals. For uptempo tunes, he would play the bass line on the lower manual and use the pedals for emphasis on the attack of certain notes, which helped to emulate the attack and sound of a string bass. Smith influenced many other jazz organists. More recently, Smith influenced bands such as the Beastie Boys, who sampled the bassline from "Root Down (And Get It)" - and saluted Smith in the lyrics - for their own hit "Root Down", also Medeski, Martin & Wood and The Hayden-Eckert Ensemble. The Acid Jazz movement also reflects Smith's organ style. (Proper Records) 


Price:  £16.99 


Jimmy Smith / Lou Donaldson Quartet: Complete Studio Recordings (CD: Phono, 2 CDs)
Hammond organ maestro Jimmy Smith and alto sax master Lou Donaldson collaborated on various projects and this double CD compiles for the first time in a single set all the wonderful recordings they taped in the studio with Donaldson as the only horn. These are mostly quartet sessions with a couple of duets. Three tracks by the Jimmy Smith trio are included as a bonus. (Discovery Records) 


Price:  £17.99 

Jimmy Smith / Lou Donaldson Quartet: Complete Studio Recordings (CD: Phono, 2 CDs)


Jimmy Smith: Four Classic Albums  - Second Set (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)Jimmy Smith: Four Classic Albums - Second Set (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)
Includes the Blue Note albums “Live At The Baby Grand Volumes 1 & 2” and “Groovin’ At Small’s Paradise Volumes 1& 2”. 


Price:  £8.99 


Jimmy Smith: Groovin' At Small's Paradise (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff once recalled: 'I first heard Jimmy Smith at Smalls' Paradise in January of 1956. It was his first gig in New York. He was a stunning sight. A man in convulsions, face contorted, crouched over in apparent agony, his fingers flying, his feet dancing over the pedals. The air was filled with waves of sound I had never heard before.' After discovering Smith, Alfred Lion recorded the Hammond B3 organ virtuoso no less than 14 times in 1956-57, including this tremendous live album captured at the legendary Harlem club that finds Smith in a trio setting with guitarist Eddie McFadden and drummer Donald Bailey stretching out on 3 standards ('After Hours,' 'My Funny Valentine' & 'Laura') plus Smith's Thelonious Monk tribute 'Slightly Monkish.' (Blue Note Records)

180g vinyl pressing. 


Price:  £25.99 

Jimmy Smith: Groovin' At Small's Paradise (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Jimmy Smith: Home Cookin' (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)Jimmy Smith: Home Cookin' (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
The Incredible Jimmy Smith was a self-taught keyboard virtuoso who gave up the piano in 1954 in favor of the Hammond B3 organ, setting up shop in a warehouse in Philadelphia and woodshedding for a year before emerging with a revolutionary approach to the instrument that immediately caught the ear Alfred Lion. The Blue Note founder recorded the B3 innovator as often as he could between 1956-1963 in a range of different settings and released a tremendous run of albums that laid the foundation for the Soul Jazz movement. Drawn from three different sessions recorded in 1958-1959, Home Cookin’ featured Smith in a quartet with tenor saxophonist Percy France, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and drummer Donald Bailey, and it stands as one of the most deeply soulful albums Smith ever made. The band gives a soul jazz symposium on this seven-song set that includes covers of tunes by Ma Rainey, Ray Charles, and Jimmy McGriff along with originals by Smith and Burrell.

This Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 


Jimmy Smith: The Sermon (CD: Blue Note RVG)
 


Price:  £8.99 

Jimmy Smith: The Sermon (CD: Blue Note RVG)


Jimmy Smith: Back At The Chicken Shack (CD: Blue Note RVG)Jimmy Smith: Back At The Chicken Shack (CD: Blue Note RVG)
Jimmy Smith’s April 25, 1960, session with the perfect cast of Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell and Donald Bailey produced two classic albums that are the pinnacle of the organ-tenor style. Not a bad day’s work. (Blue Note Records) 


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Jimmy Smith: Back At The Chicken Shack (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
Jimmy Smith was a self-taught pianist who abandoned the instrument in 1954 in favour of the Hammond B3 organ, renting a Philadelphia warehouse and woodshedding for a year until he emerged with a revolutionary style that immediately caught the ear of Alfred Lion. The Blue Note boss dubbed him The Incredible Jimmy Smith and recorded the B3 innovator as frequently as he could between 1956 and 1963.

It’s a testament to Smith’s volcanic creativity that he recorded not one but two soul jazz classics — Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack — when he entered Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 

Jimmy Smith: Back At The Chicken Shack (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special (CD: Blue Note RVG)Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special (CD: Blue Note RVG)
Jimmy Smith’s April 25, 1960, session with the perfect cast of Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, and Donald Bailey produced these two classic albums that are the pinnacle of the organ-tenor style. A perfect selection of material played at the perfect tempo by great musicians who connect on the deepest, most soulful level. Not a bad day’s work. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £8.99 


Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)
It’s a testament to Jimmy Smith’s volcanic creativity that the Hammond B3 organ firebrand recorded not one but two soul jazz classics—Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack—in a single day when he entered Van Gelder Studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums. Smith had been a self-taught pianist before abandoning the instrument in 1954 in favor of the organ, renting a Philadelphia warehouse, and woodshedding for a year until he emerged with a revolutionary style that immediately caught the ear Alfred Lion. The Blue Note boss dubbed him The Incredible Jimmy Smith and recorded the B3 innovator as frequently as he could between 1956-1963. Midnight Special opens with the soulful title track which chugs along at a laid-back pace giving ample space for Smith, Turrentine, and Burrell to state their case. Other highlights of the set include the up-tempo burner “Jumpin’ the Blues” and a deeply felt ballad performance of the standard “Why Was I Born?”

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £25.99 

Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special (Vinyl LP: Blue Note)


Jimmy Smith: Cool Blues (CD: Blue Note RVG)Jimmy Smith: Cool Blues (CD: Blue Note RVG)
Although not released until 1980, this 1958 all-star gathering at Small's Paradise in Harlem, New York has become one of Jimmy Smith's most highly regarded Blue Note albums. Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks and Art Blakey join Smith's trio for four extended jams. (Blue Note Records) 


Price:  £8.99 


Jimmy Smith: Live At The Village Gate (CD: Metro/ Verve)
 


Price:  £9.99 

Jimmy Smith: Live At The Village Gate (CD: Metro/ Verve)


Jimmy Smith: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (CD: Verve)Jimmy Smith: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (CD: Verve)
This was Jimmy Smith's fourth album for Verve and continues the tradition he began with Bashin'. Oliver Nelson contributes some great big band charts, the most notable being the exciting arrangement of Richard Rodgers' Slaughter On Tenth Avenue. 


Price:  £9.99 


Jimmy Smith: Any Number Can Win (CD: Verve)
 


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Jimmy Smith: Any Number Can Win (CD: Verve)


Jimmy Smith: The Cat (CD: Verve)Jimmy Smith: The Cat (CD: Verve)
Sinister black cat, orange eyes---and "the incredible" Jimmy Smith at the Hammond organ. A powerhouse of energy and swing in this solo fronting of conductor Lalo Schifrin's arrangements and 20-piece brassy backing ensemble. Smith did for the organ what Gerry Mulligan did for the bari-sax---transformed its heavy ponderous self into a flexible jazz instrument. Repertoire includes standard blues (Basin Street, St Louis, In the Night) and film tunes. The original vinyl (1964) hits the right note---"organist Jimmy Smith and The Cat are all soul...driving solos that roar and purr...." Very much in the groove. Yeah! (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) 


Price:  £9.99 


Jimmy Smith: The Cat (Vinyl LP: Verve)
The Hammond Organ maestro’s bestknown album, featuring perennial favourites ‘Main Theme From The Carpetbaggers’ and the killer title track. (Universal Music)

High quality 180g pressing. 


Price:  £25.99 

Jimmy Smith: The Cat (Vinyl LP: Verve)


Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery: Jimmy & Wes The Dynamic Duo (CD: Verve- US Import)Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery: Jimmy & Wes The Dynamic Duo (CD: Verve- US Import)
 


Price:  £12.99 


Jimmy Smith: The Boss (CD: Verve)
 


Price:  £9.99 

Jimmy Smith: The Boss (CD: Verve)


Jimmy Smith: Root Down (CD: Verve)Jimmy Smith: Root Down (CD: Verve)
 


Price:  £9.99 

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