Smooth Sailing (Arnett Cobb album)

Smooth Sailing is an album by the saxophonist Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label and released in 1960.[1]

Smooth Sailing
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 27, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length36:30
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7184
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Arnett Cobb chronology
Blow Arnett, Blow
(1959)
Smooth Sailing
(1960)
Party Time
(1959)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars and stated: "Arnett Cobb's solos are typically emotional and generally exciting during the fine set".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Arnett Cobb except where noted

  1. "Charmaine" (Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack) - 4:23
  2. "Cobb's Mob" (George Duvivier) - 4:44
  3. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:44
  4. "Let's Split" - 3:44
  5. "Blues Around Dusk" (Osie Johnson) - 8:18
  6. "Smooth Sailing" - 5:01
  7. "(I'm Left with the) Blues in My Heart" (Irving Mills, Benny Carter) - 5:36

Personnel

References

  1. Prestige Records discography, accessed April 3, 2013.
  2. Yanow, Scott, Allmusic Review, accessed April 3, 2013.
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