THE INCREDIBLE JIMMY SMITH - Crazy! Baby (1960-1989) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

This excellent LP features Jimmy Smith's working group of the period, a trio with guitarist Quentin Warren and drummer Donald Bailey. The organist's version of the opening number, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," was a hit, and just as memorable are Smith's renditions of "Makin' Whoopee," "Sonnymoon for Two," and "Mack the Knife." A fine example of Smith's talents. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     When Johnny Comes Marching Home 7:58
Traditional
2     Makin' Whoopee 4:57
Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn
3     A Night in Tunisia 5:40
Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli
4     Sonnymoon for Two 7:15
Sonny Rollins
5     Mack the Knife 4:58
Marc Blitzstein / Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill
6     What's New? 3:50
Johnny Burke / Bob Haggart
7     Alfredo 4:30
Jimmy Smith
8     If I Should Lose You 6:26
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
9     When Lights Are Low 5:38
Benny Carter / Spencer Williams
Credits :
Drums – Donald Bailey
Guitar – Quentin Warren
Organ – Jimmy Smith 

JIMMY SMITH - Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller (1962-2008) RVG Edition / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s, and this piano approach makes him a natural to adapt the piano tunes associated with Fats Waller to the B-3, which is what he did at the January 23, 1962, session that is represented here (Waller, by the way, was no stranger to the organ himself, and recorded several sides on the instrument). Working with guitarist Quentin Warren and his longtime drummer Donald Bailey (who worked with Smith throughout his Blue Note years), Smith brings his amazing rapid runs to Waller standards "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose," and gives "Ain't She Sweet" a wonderfully warm and soulful groove. It's fairly typical Smith, who careens, bolts, stutters, glides, and flashes notes all over the place at a frequently breathless pace, doing what he always does, which is being Jimmy Smith at the organ. That's what you want, and that's what you get here. by Steve Leggett
Tracklist :
1     Everybody Loves My Baby 3:47     
Written-By – J. Palmer, S. Williams
2     Squeeze Me 5:31
Written-By – C. Williams, F. Waller
3     Ain't She Sweet 3:37
Written-By – J. Yellen, M. Ager    
4     Ain't Misbehavin' 3:44
Written-By – Razaf, Brooks, Waller    
5     Lulu's Back in Town 5:16
Written-By – A. Dubin, H. Warren    
6     Honeysuckle Rose 6:57
Written-By – A. Razaf, F. Waller    
7     I've Found a New Baby 6:03
Written-By – A. Razaf, F. Waller    
Credits :
Drums – Donald Bailey
Guitar – Quentin Warren
Organ [Hammond] – Jimmy Smith
Recorded By, Remastered By [2008] – Rudy Van Gelder

 

JIMMY SMITH - Bucket! (1963-2000) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Recorded the first day of February in 1963, but not released for a few years, Bucket! is a fairly typical Jimmy Smith session, featuring the organist running through a selection of originals and standards with guitarist Quentin Warren and drummer Donald Bailey in tow. The vibe is relaxed, not too laid-back but hardly energetic, as the trio easily strolls through bluesy ballads and lightly swinging soulful ballads. It's damning with faint praise to say that nothing exceptional ever happens but it doesn't need to happen, but that is truly the case here. Bucket! is simply a middle-of-the-road affair, not quite boring but never quite compelling either. It's good easy listening music, finding an organ master kicking out seven tunes without any pressure and with a minimal sense of style. That makes for a pretty good record, one that hardcore fans will find satisfying after they've exhausted the greater Smith sessions, but not one that will captivate the attentions of anyone who isn't a dyed-in-the-wool Jimmy Smith aficionado. by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracklist :
1     Bucket 4:43
Jimmy Smith
2     Careless Love 3:53
W.C. Handy / Martha E. Koenig / Spencer Williams
3     3 for 4 4:49
Jimmy Smith
4     Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) 5:44
Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines
5     Sassy Mae 4:20
Jimmy Smith
6     Come Rain or Come Shine 5:47
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
7     John Brown's Body 6:21
Traditional
8     Trouble in Mind 5:39
Richard M. Jones
9     Sassy Mae 3:52
Jimmy Smith
Credits :
Drums – Donald Bailey
Guitar – Quentin Warren
Organ – Jimmy Smith

JIMMY SMITH - Rockin' the Boat (1963-1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless