Jimmy Smith - The Cat (1964/2016) 96kHz [Hi-Res]

Tracklist:

[4:38] 01. Lalo Schifrin - Theme From "Joy House" (Album Version)
[3:24] 02. Jimmy Smith - The Cat
[4:00] 03. Jimmy Smith - Basin Street Blues
[3:57] 04. Jimmy Smith - Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers"
[3:57] 05. Jimmy Smith - Chicago Serenade
[3:17] 06. Jimmy Smith - St. Louis Blues
[4:48] 07. Jimmy Smith - Delon's Blues
[4:47] 08. Jimmy Smith - Blues In The Night

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
Total length: 00:32:46
Main artist: Jimmy Smith
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Verve
Genre: Jazz
Hi-Res 24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo
© 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2016 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

If you know someone who says they don't get Jimmy Smith, just play them this album. It is consummate Hammond B3 playing with the added vibrancy of Lalo Schifrin's arrangements for big band. 'Basin Street Blues' eschews 1960s' sophistication, while the appropriately super cool 'Delon's Blues' is dedicated to the French actor Alain Delon, who Smith had befriended while on tour in Europe in 1963. Reviewers upon both the album's release and since have been somewhat patronizing in accusing Smith of being 'too commercial,' as though this is some kind of crime and if he were a real jazz artist he would avoid such a thing. This is a joyful, fabulous album that probably got more people listening to jazz than many of its contemporaries.



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