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Prayer Meetin'

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Released
  
1964

Artist
  
Jimmy Smith

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Prayer Meetin' (1963)
  
Hobo Flats (1963)

Release date
  
1964

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
February 8, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Length
  
39:16 original LP 55:23 CD reissue

Similar
  
Jimmy Smith albums, Jazz albums

Prayer Meetin' is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label. The album was rereleased on CD with two bonus tracks from the same session.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Prayer Meetin' is a delight from start to finish".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated
  1. "Prayer Meeting" - 5:45
  2. "I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 9:25
  3. "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" (Wilmoth Houdini) - 3:43
  4. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Traditional) - 6:15
  5. "Red Top" (Gene Ammons) - 7:38
  6. "Picnickin'" - 6:30
  7. "Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) - 8:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Smith Walk" - 7:12 Bonus track on CD reissue

NOTE: "Lonesome Road" and "Smith Walk" are bonus tracks on a CD reissue recorded on June 13, 1960, and featuring the same lineup with Sam Jones on bass.

Personnel

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
  • Quentin Warren – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums

    • Songs

    1Prayer Meetin'5:44
    2I Almost Lost My Mind9:25
    3Stone Cold Dead in the Market3:44

    References

    Prayer Meetin' Wikipedia
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