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A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2

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Released
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Blue Note

Recorded
  
March 27, 1956

Length
  
40:29

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (also released as The Champ) is the second album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label. The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's debut LP A New Sound... A New Star... and the following The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated
  1. "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:36
  2. "Bayou" – 4:52
  3. "Deep Purple" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) – 7:14
  4. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 4:32
  5. "Ready 'n Able" – 6:31
  6. "Turquoise" – 4:12
  7. "Bubbis" – 4:32
  8. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on March 27, 1956

Personnel

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Thornel Schwartz – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums

    • References

    A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 Wikipedia
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