Released November 5, 1996 Length 47:12 Artist Jimmy Smith Label Verve Records | Recorded January 25–26, 1995 Angel Eyes Ballads & Slow Jams
(1996) Dot Com Blues
(2001) Release date 5 November 1996 Genre Jazz | |
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Producer Richard Seidel, Don Sickler Similar Go for Whatcha Know, Six Views of the Blues, Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Plays Pretty Just for You, A New Sound A New Star | ||
Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams is a 1996 album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith. The album was Smith's penultimate album, and his last recording for five years.
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On the Billboard Top Jazz Album charts Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams peaked at number 22.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and wrote that "Despite the constant changing of instrumentation, the results (although pleasant) are uneventful and somewhat predictable. Good for late-night background music rather than for close listening."
Track listing
- "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) - 7:00
- "You Better Go Now" (Robert Graham, Bickley S. Reichmer) - 5:15
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 8:00
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:10
- "Slow Freight" (Lupin Fein, Irving Mills, Buck Ram) - 5:52
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 6:25
- "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 7:00
- "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 6:15
- "What a Wonderful World" (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 4:25
Personnel
References
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