Straight Life (Jimmy Smith album)

Straight Life
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released 2007
Recorded June 22, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length 50:12
Label Blue Note BST 85192
Producer Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Back at the Chicken Shack
(1960)Back at the Chicken Shack1960		 Straight Life
(1961)		 Plays Fats Waller
(1962)Plays Fats Waller1962

Straight Life is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 2007.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3½ stars stating

"Although not in the same league as Midnight Special or Prayer Meetin', it's great to hear this long lost hard bop session from the master of the Hammond B-3".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated
  1. "Straight Life" – 5:09
  2. "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:09
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 6:03
  4. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will Harris, V. Young) – 4:52
  5. "Minor Fare" – 5:39
  6. "Swanee" (Irving Caesar, George Gershwin) – 2:28
  7. "Jimmy's Blues" – 5:43
  8. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:59
  9. "Here's to My Lady" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) – 4:55
  10. "Minor Fare" [alternate take] – 5:15
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 22, 1961

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
  2. 1 2 Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 29, 2010
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