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Peter and the Wolf (Jimmy Smith album)

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Released
  
1966

Artist
  
Jimmy Smith

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
32:33

Release date
  
1966

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
May 11–12, 1966 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

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Peter & the Wolf is a 1966 studio album by Jimmy Smith, with Oliver Nelson's big band. It's based on Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Bird / The Duck / The Cat / The Grandfather / The Wolf / The Hunter / Peter" - 4:09
  2. "Duck Theme /Jimmy and the Duck / Peter's Theme / Meal Time" - 9:39
  3. "Elegy for a Duck" - 7:16
  4. "Cat in a Tree" - 5:21
  5. "Capture of the Wolf" - 1:14
  6. "Finale: Parade / Peter Plays Some Blues" - 4:45

Personnel

  • Jimmy Smith - organ
  • Oliver Nelson - arranger, conductor
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Richard Williams, Snooky Young - trumpet
  • Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion, Bob Ashton, Jerome Richardson, Danny Bank, Stan Webb - reeds
  • Tony Studd - bass tuba
  • Quentin Jackson, Dick Hixson, Britt Woodman, Tom McIntosh - trombone
  • Willie Ruff, Jimmy Buffington - French horn
  • Barry Galbraith, Billy Butler - guitar
  • Richard Davis - bass
  • Grady Tate - drums
  • Harry Brewer, Bobby Rosengarden - percussion

    • Songs

    1The Bird - The Duck - The Cat - The Grandfather - The Wolf - The Hunter - Peter4:13
    2Duck Theme - Jimmy and the Duck - Peter's Theme - Meal Time9:42
    3Elegy for a Duck7:17

    References

    Peter & the Wolf (Jimmy Smith album) Wikipedia
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