Organ Grinder Swing
1965 studio album by Jimmy Smith
Organ Grinder Swing | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy Smith | ||||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | June 14–15, 1965 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:41 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Singles from Organ Grinder Swing | ||||
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Organ Grinder Swing is a 1965 studio album by Jimmy Smith. It marked a return to the trio ensemble that Smith used on the Blue Note recordings earlier in his career.
Reception
AllMusic's Scott Yanow stated:
This outing is a throwback to Smith's Blue Note sets (which had concluded two years earlier) and gives the organist the opportunity to stretch out on three blues and three standards. This release shows that, even with all of his commercial success during the period, Smith was always a masterful jazz player.[1]
The album was the second highest-charting album of Smith's career, reaching a chart position of number 15 on the US Billboard 200 charts. It was on the charts for 31 weeks.
Track listing
- "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 2:16
- "Oh No, Babe" (Jimmy Smith) – 9:02
- "Blues for J" (Smith) – 5:19
- "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 8:54
- "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) – 3:19
- "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 7:01
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Grady Tate – drums
Technical
- Creed Taylor – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Val Valentin – director of engineering
- Chuck Stewart – photography
- Holmes Daddy-O Daylie – liner notes
Chart performance
Album
Chart (1965) | Peak position | Total weeks |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 15[4] | 31 |
Single
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1965 | "Organ Grinder's Swing" | Billboard Hot 100 | 92[5] |
References
- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 183. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ "Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
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Jimmy Smith
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
albums
- A New Sound... A New Star... Volume 1 (1956)
- A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (1956)
- The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956)
- At Club Baby Grand (1956)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (1957)
- Plays Pretty Just for You (1957)
- Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
- Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise (1957)
- House Party (1958)
- The Sermon (1958)
- Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958)
- Cool Blues (1958)
- Six Views of the Blues (1958)
- Home Cookin' (1958–59)
- Crazy! Baby (1960)
- Open House (1960)
- Plain Talk (1960)
- Midnight Special (1960)
- Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
- Straight Life (1961)
- Plays Fats Waller (1962)
- I'm Movin' On (1963)
- Bucket! (1963)
- Rockin' the Boat (1963)
- Prayer Meetin' (with Stanley Turrentine, 1963)
- One Night with Blue Note (1985)
albums
- Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (1962)
- Hobo Flats (1963)
- Any Number Can Win (1963)
- Blue Bash! (with Kenny Burrell, 1963)
- The Cat (1964)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
- Christmas '64 (1964)
- Monster (1965)
- Organ Grinder Swing (1965)
- Got My Mojo Workin' (1966)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
- Peter & the Wolf (1966)
- Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (with Wes Montgomery, 1966)
- Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966)
- Respect (1967)
- The Boss (1968)
- Groove Drops (1970)
- The Other Side of Jimmy Smith (1970)
- Root Down (1972)
- Bluesmith (1972)
- Damn! (1995)
- Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams (1995)
- Dot Com Blues (2000)
other labels
- Black Smith (1974)
- The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby, 1969)
- Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
- Ellington Is Forever (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984)
- L.A. Is My Lady (Frank Sinatra, 1984)
- Bad (Michael Jackson, 1987)
- Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)