Jimmy Smith - Talkin' Verve: Roots Of Acid Jazz (1996) 320 kbps

Tracklist

01. Blues For 3+1 (4:57)
02. Ode To Billie Joe (6:25)
03. Organ Grinder's Swing (2:16)
04. Ape Woman (3:25)
05. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (4:26)
06. Funky Broadway (6:42)
07. Mellow Mood (8:43)
08. Burning Spear (3:57)
09. One Mint Julep (5:31)
10. Hobo Flats (4:45)
11. Groove Drops (4:15)
12. TNT (5:27)
13. Blues In The Night (4:46)
14. The Sermon (7:41)

Designed to appeal to hip-hop and acid jazz fans, not jazz purists, Talkin' Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz collects 14 tracks Jimmy Smith cut for Verve during the late '60s. Comprised of pop covers and funky workouts, the music is "jazzy," not jazz -- there's little improvisation on the record, but there is a lot of hot vamping, with Smith creating dense, funky chord clusters and bluesy leads. It's music that is devoted to the groove, and while a few of these cuts fall flat -- "Ode to Billie Joe" has no funk in it, no matter how hard you try -- but for the most part Talkin' Verve is soulful fun. Not much of this sounds like acid jazz, especially since the rhythms are a little stiff, but it's enjoyable lite funk, and it's more palatable in the compilation than it is on their original albums.~Stephen Thomas Erlewine