JIMMY SMITH WITH STANLEY TURRENTINE PRAYER MEETIN (1963)

UPC: ' 0602508811326
CAT: 881132
FORMAT: 1LP
RELEASE DATE: 25th of September 2020
Genre: Jazz

Recorded on February 8, 1963 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs.
Band: Jimmy Smith (organ), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), Quinten Warren (guitar), Donald Bailey (drums)
Fact is, Smith’s organ is a voice in itself; he don’t need no larynx. Jimmy Smith, applauded for what not, might best be described as a ‘talkin’ player. Here is a man who conveys uncluttered, basic emotions through B3 and Leslie speaker that sometimes eerily closely resemble the inflections of jazz vocals, albeit often in the tempo of a bop-oriented Speedy Gonzales.

Indeed, as a sermon Prayer Meetin’ is a redeeming exercise.

TRACKLIST
"Prayer Meeting" (Jimmy Smith) – 5:45
"I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) – 9:25
"Stone Cold Dead in the Market" (Wilmoth Houdini) – 3:43
"When the Saints Go Marching In" (Traditional) – 6:15
"Red Top" (Gene Ammons) – 7:38
"Picnickin'" (Smith) – 6:30
"Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) – 8:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Smith Walk" (Smith) – 7:12 Bonus track on CD reissue

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