Released 2007 Artist Jimmy Smith Producer Alfred Lion Genre Jazz | Length 50:12 Release date 2007 Label Blue Note Records | |
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Recorded June 22, 1961
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Straight Life
(1961) Plays Fats Waller
(1962) Similar Prayer Meetin', Six Views of the Blues, Plays Pretty Just for You, The Sounds of Jimmy S, Rockin' the Boat | ||
Straight Life is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 2007.
Contents
Reception
The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Although not in the same league as Midnight Special or Prayer Meetin', it's great to hear this long lost hard bop session from the master of the Hammond B-3".
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated- "Straight Life" - 5:09
- "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) - 5:09
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 6:03
- "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will Harris, V. Young) - 4:52
- "Minor Fare" - 5:39
- "Swanee" (Irving Caesar, George Gershwin) - 2:28
- "Jimmy's Blues" - 5:43
- "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 4:59
- "Here's to My Lady" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 4:55
- "Minor Fare" [alternate take] - 5:15
Personnel
Songs
1Straight Life5:10
2Stuffy5:09
3Stardust6:04
References
Straight Life (Jimmy Smith album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA