Blue Note – BLP 1529Rec. Date : August 4, 1956 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Donald BaileyGuitar : Thornel Schwartz Strictlyheadies : 02/06/2019Stream this Album Cash Box : 06/22/1957 Smith is one of the best representatives for the organ’s determined stand for jazz recognition. The 4 sides here, taken at Smith’s appearance at the “Baby Grand” in Wilmington, Del., contain…
Blue Note – BLP 1528Rec. Date : August 4, 1956 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Donald BaileyGuitar : Thornel Schwartz Strictlyheadies : 02/05/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 05/16/1957Dom Cerulli : 3.5 stars If anyone is ever going to get the electric organ accepted as a working jazz instrument, it will be Smith. On this collection, recorded on the spot…
Blue Note – BLP 1525Rec. Dates : June 17, 1956, June 18, 1956 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Donald BaileyGuitar : Thornel Schwartz Strictlyheadies : 02/02/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/27/1956Score of 79 Smith’s first two LPs have restored the legitimacy of the organ as a jazz instrument – and also have established Smith as one of the truly brilliant…
Blue Note – BLP 1515Rec. Date : April 5, 1956 Piano : Jutta HippBass : Peter IndDrums : Ed Thigpen Strictlyheadies : 01/23/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 07/25/1956Nat Hentoff : 3 stars Jutta Hipp at the Hickory House is her first made-in-America LP. With Doctor Van Gelder in attendance, this and a second LP were taped in one night…
Blue Note – BLP 1514Rec. Date : March 27, 1956 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Donald BaileyGuitar : Thornel Schwartz Strictlyheadies : 01/22/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/26/1956Score of 76 In New York this past winter, Smith occasioned much interest with his unusual jazz work on the Hammond organ. Count Basie and others have found this instrument to have possibilities from a rhythm…
Blue Note – BLP 1512Rec. Date : February 18, 1956 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Bay PerryGuitar : Thornel Schwartz Strictlyheadies : 01/20/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 07/21/1956Score of 77 The Jimmy Smith LP with the title reviewed in The Billboard May 26, 1956, issue was Volume II of a series. The first set more than confirms the earlier impression that…
