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The Cat (album)

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Released
  
September 1964

Artist
  
Jimmy Smith

Label
  
Verve Records

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
32:44

Release date
  
September 1964

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

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Recorded
  
April 27, 1964 – April 29, 1964 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.

The Cat (1964)
  
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)

Similar
  
Jimmy Smith albums, Jazz albums

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The Cat is a 1964 album by Jimmy Smith. It features the sound of Smith's Hammond B-3 organ with big band arrangements by composer Lalo Schifrin. The album reached number 12 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Theme from Joy House" (Lalo Schifrin) – 4:38
  2. "The Cat" (from Joy House) (Lalo Schifrin, Rick Ward) – 3:24
  3. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 4:00
  4. "Main Title from The Carpetbaggers" (Elmer Bernstein, Ray Colcord) – 3:56
  5. "Chicago Serenade" (Eddie Harris) – 3:55
  6. "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) – 3:18
  7. "Delon's Blues" (Smith) – 4:48
  8. "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:45

Personnel

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Ray Alonge – french horn
  • Earl Chapin
  • Bill Correa
  • Jimmy Buffington
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Urbie Green
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Bernie Glow – trumpet
  • Thad Jones
  • Jimmy Maxwell
  • Marky Markowitz
  • Ernie Royal
  • Snooky Young
  • Lalo Schifrin – arranger, conductor
  • Phil Kraus – percussion
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Grady Tate – drums

    • Songs

    1Theme From "Joy House"4:41
    2The Cat3:27
    3Basin Street Blues4:02

    References

    The Cat (album) Wikipedia
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