Back at the chicken shack [sound recording] / Jimmy Smith.
Material type: MusicPublisher number: CDP 7 46402 2 | Blue NotePublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Blue Note, p1987.Description: 1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:- Title on container: Incredible Jimmy Smith
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD | Main Library | CD | JAZZ Smith, Jimmy | Available | 33111006280537 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Back at the Chicken Shack is one of organist Jimmy Smith's classic Blue Note sessions, and the first to draw attention to tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. Recorded in 1960 with Kenny Burrell on guitar, Donald Bailey on drums, and Turrentine, the group reaches the peak of funky soul jazz that all other challengers of the genre would have to live up to. Included on this uptempo session is a reworking of "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (a feature for Turrentine), Turrentine's "Minor Chant," two Smith compositions, "Messy Bessie" as well as the set's notable title cut. Smith's Midnight Special album was recorded at these same sessions, and is also exceptional. [Some reissues add a bonus track, "On the Sunny Side of the Street."] ~ Al Campbell
Compact disc.
Jazz.
Program notes by Ira Gitler inserted in container.
Back at the chicken shack / Jimmy Smith (8:00) -- When I grow too old to dream / S. Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II (9:57) -- Minor chant / Stanley Turrentine (7:30) -- Messy Bessie / Jimmy Smith (12:30) -- On the sunny side of the street / J. McHugh, L. [i.e. D.] Fields (5:45).
Jimmy Smith, organ ; Stanley Turrentine, tenor saxophone ; Kenny Burrell, guitar ; Donald Bailey, drums.
Recorded Apr. 25, 1960.
Often rated as one of Smith's best albums, here his organ work deftly alternates from bop to swing. The most impressive passages in the album work off the contrast of Smith's funky sound and Turrentine's soulful expression.