JOHNNY SMITH - Moods [1953] ROOTS

Johnny Smith's signature mellow-and-pretty-guitar jazz sound is showcased nicely on his 1953 release Moods. Always choosing to focus on the softer, melodic aspects of jazz, Smith arranges such standards as "Sophisticated Lady," "Have You Met Miss Jones," and others in a chordal-based style. Often crossing the facile boundary between classical music and cool jazz, Smith is an underappreciated musician whose catalog has much more to offer than just his classic recording of "Moonlight in Vermont".  by Matt Collar
Tracklist
1 What's New  3:07
Johnny Burke / Bob Haggart
2 I'll Remember April  2:48
Gene DePaul / Patricia Johnston / Don Raye
3 Sophisticated Lady  3:04
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Mitchell Parish
4 Easy to Love  3:16
Cole Porter
5 Autumn in New York  2:44
Vernon Duke
6 Walk, Don't Run  2:49
Johnny Smith
7 Lover Man  2:28
Jimmy Davis / Roger "Ram" Ramirez / Jimmy Sherman
8 Dancing on the Ceiling  2:59
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
9 Blues for Birdland  2:40
Erroll Garner
10 Have You Met Miss Jones?  2:34
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
11 Someone to Watch Over Me  2:17
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
12 How About You  2:43
Arthur Freed / Burton Lane
Credits
Johnny Smith - Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist

 JOHNNY SMITH - Moods [1953] ROOTS

2002 / TOCJ-66157 / CBR320 / scans

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