Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits!
Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits! Singer: Jimmy Smith
Title: Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits!
Label: Blue Note ‎– BST 89901, LWB-88901
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold
Country: US
Date of released:
Category: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz
Size MP3 zip: 1694 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1406 mb
Rating: 3.5✭
Format: MP3 DXD MP3 AC3 AAC DMF AIFF MMF FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 All Day Long
Alto Saxophone – Lou DonaldsonDrums – Art BlakeyGuitar – Kenny BurrellWritten-By – Kenny Burrell
10:25
A2 The Champ
Drums – Donald BaileyGuitar – Thornel SchwartzWritten-By – Dizzy Gillespie
8:30
B The Sermon
Alto Saxophone – Lou DonaldsonDrums – Art BlakeyGuitar – Kenny BurrellTenor Saxophone – Tina BrooksTrumpet – Lee MorganWritten-By – Jimmy Smith
20:20
C1 Midnight Special
Drums – Donald BaileyGuitar – Kenny BurrellTenor Saxophone – Stanley TurrentineWritten-By – Jimmy Smith
9:40
C2 When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Drums – Donald BaileyGuitar – Quentin Warren
7:35
D1 Can Heat
Alto Saxophone – Lou DonaldsonDrums – Donald BaileyGuitar – Quentin WarrenWritten-By – Jimmy Smith
5:20
D2 Flamingo
Drums – Art BlakeyGuitar – Kenny BurrellTrumpet – Lee MorganWritten By – Grouya-Anderson
8:00
D3 Prayer Meetin'
Drums – Donald BaileyGuitar – Quentin WarrenTenor Saxophone – Stanley TurrentineWritten-By – Jimmy Smith
6:00

Credits

  • Design [Cover] – Forlenza-Venosa Associates*
  • Liner Notes – Francis Wolff, Leonard Feather
  • Organ – Jimmy Smith
  • Photography By [Cover] – Francis Wolff

Notes

BST 89901/LWB-88901
Blue/white Blue Note labels with rim text "BLUE NOTE RECORDS • A DIVISION OF LIBERTY RECORDS, INC." it is also a label variation: the writers credits per track are printed right under the track titles and not next to them.
Printed inside gatefold: "tracks A1 and A2 are electronically rechanneled" - this was done to create fake stereo, which can be heard with headphones.

Recording dates and places:
A1: Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 12, 1957
A2: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 27, 1956
B: Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 25, 1958
C1: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 25, 1960
C2: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 4, 1960
D1: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 7, 1963
D2: Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 25, 1958

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
BST 89901 Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits! ‎(2xLP, Comp) Blue Note BST 89901 US Unknown
BN2-89901 Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits! ‎(2xLP, Comp) Blue Note BN2-89901 US Unknown
BST 83 135 X, BST 83 136 X Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat) Blue Note, Blue Note BST 83 135 X, BST 83 136 X Germany Unknown
BST 89901 Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits! ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE) Blue Note BST 89901 Italy Unknown
BST 89901 Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits! ‎(2xLP, Comp) Blue Note BST 89901 US Unknown