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Open House (album)

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Released
  
January 1968

Open House (1960)
  
Plain Talk (1960)

Release date
  
January 1968

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
38:03

Artist
  
Jimmy Smith

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 22, 1960 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Jimmy Smith albums, Jazz albums

Open House is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1960, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1968. The album didn't appear on CD until being reissued in 1992, as a twofer which also included Plain Talk, compiling all the recordings from the session.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a fast-paced studio jam session".

Track listing

  1. "Open House" (Jimmy Smith) - 16:15
  2. "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) - 4:49
  3. "Sista Rebecca" (Smith) - 10:54
  4. "Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:05

Personnel

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 1, 3)
  • Jackie McLean - alto saxophone (1, 3, 4)
  • Ike Quebec - tenor saxophone (1, 2, 3)
  • Quentin Warren – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums

    • Songs

    1Open House16:10
    2Old Folks4:49
    3Sista Rebecca10:56

    References

    Open House (album) Wikipedia
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