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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
One person has asked the reviewer what albums are featured on this 4 disc set.
Here they are, Please also read the note at the bottom of this listing.
The CDS themselves are also not clearly marked so I've included the actual Albums featured.
You may wish to cut and paste then print this and stick it in your CD case?
Track Listing
DISC 1: A NEW SOUND, A NEW STAR, VOL. 1/THE SOUNDS OF JIMMY SMITH:
1. Way You Look Tonight, The
2. You Get 'Cha
3. Midnight Sun
4. Lady Be Good
5. The High and the Mighty,
6. But Not for Me
7. The Preacher,
8. Tenderly
9. Joy
10. There Will Never Be Another You
11. The Fight,
12. Blue Moon
13. All the Things You Are
14. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
15. Somebody Loves Me
DISC 2: A NEW SOUND, A NEW STAR, VOL. 2/A DATE WITH JIMMY SMITH, VOL. 1:
1. The Champ,
2. Bayou
3. Deep Purple
4. Moonlight in Vermont
5. Ready 'n' Able
6. Turquoise
7. Bubbis
8. Gone with the Wind
9. Falling in Love with Love
10. How High the Moon
11. Funk's Oats
DISC 3: THE INCREDIBLE JIMMY SMITH AT THE ORGAN, VOL. 3/AT THE CLUB BABY GRAND, VOL. 1:
1. Judo Mambo
2. Willow Weep for Me
3. Lover Come Back to Me
4. Well, You Needn't
5. Fiddlin' the Minors
6. Autumn Leaves
7. I Cover the Waterfront
8. Sweet Georgia Brown
9. Where or When
10.The Preacher,
11. Rosetta
DISC 4: AT CLUB BABY GRAND, VOL. 2/A DATE WITH JIMMY SMITH, VOL. 2:
1. Caravan
2. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
3. Get Happy
4. It's All Right with Me
5. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
6. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
7. Groovy Date
In the past when I've listed the contents of a box set like this I've received a few negative comments.
Like It's not a review- true
and why just list?
Well it simply helps people make a more informed choice.
So this is not a review.
But the question is was it of use to you?
Here they are, Please also read the note at the bottom of this listing.
The CDS themselves are also not clearly marked so I've included the actual Albums featured.
You may wish to cut and paste then print this and stick it in your CD case?
Track Listing
DISC 1: A NEW SOUND, A NEW STAR, VOL. 1/THE SOUNDS OF JIMMY SMITH:
1. Way You Look Tonight, The
2. You Get 'Cha
3. Midnight Sun
4. Lady Be Good
5. The High and the Mighty,
6. But Not for Me
7. The Preacher,
8. Tenderly
9. Joy
10. There Will Never Be Another You
11. The Fight,
12. Blue Moon
13. All the Things You Are
14. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
15. Somebody Loves Me
DISC 2: A NEW SOUND, A NEW STAR, VOL. 2/A DATE WITH JIMMY SMITH, VOL. 1:
1. The Champ,
2. Bayou
3. Deep Purple
4. Moonlight in Vermont
5. Ready 'n' Able
6. Turquoise
7. Bubbis
8. Gone with the Wind
9. Falling in Love with Love
10. How High the Moon
11. Funk's Oats
DISC 3: THE INCREDIBLE JIMMY SMITH AT THE ORGAN, VOL. 3/AT THE CLUB BABY GRAND, VOL. 1:
1. Judo Mambo
2. Willow Weep for Me
3. Lover Come Back to Me
4. Well, You Needn't
5. Fiddlin' the Minors
6. Autumn Leaves
7. I Cover the Waterfront
8. Sweet Georgia Brown
9. Where or When
10.The Preacher,
11. Rosetta
DISC 4: AT CLUB BABY GRAND, VOL. 2/A DATE WITH JIMMY SMITH, VOL. 2:
1. Caravan
2. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
3. Get Happy
4. It's All Right with Me
5. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
6. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
7. Groovy Date
In the past when I've listed the contents of a box set like this I've received a few negative comments.
Like It's not a review- true
and why just list?
Well it simply helps people make a more informed choice.
So this is not a review.
But the question is was it of use to you?
14 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Jimmy Smith really groovin' on the Hammond B3 : 8 [yes 8 - count 'em] early albums, some of which are not otherwise available. I already had the Blue Note reissues of 4 of these - but the to my ears sound on this 4 disc/8 album set is not noticeably different, nor inferior. Great music & great value!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Amazing deal on great music
20 Sep 2011
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This is a box of Jimmy Smith's first 8 releases on 4 cd's. The music is, of course, superb. I can't imagine reading this and not having some knowledge of Jimmy's music, but just in case:
Jimmy Smith is the king of the b-3. I will happily defer to your opinion if you think someone else is better, but Jimmy is really synonomous with the jazz organ, much like BB is to Blues and Bob Wills is to Western Swing.
Jimmy played straight jazz, blues, swing, funk (later), Soul Jazz - he even recorded with large bands at times. The early recordings just seem so spontaneous and joyful; as if Jimmy was plugged in to the b-3!
As to the recordings, these do not sound like the RVG Remasters, so I guess they come from an earlier master. The sound is fine, especially given the price . . .
and what a price!!!!! Many, in fact MOST of you who see this have the RVG's, the earlier issues and the vinyl - I do! This is perfect for cruising in the car, parties, or anywhere you are concerned your discs will get damaged. I paid $8 + postage and have been listening in the car.
If you really need a blow-by-blow of the music, check the (many) reviews of the individual discs. One last note: there are not bonus tracks, they are straight reissues.
Enjoy!!!!
Jimmy Smith is the king of the b-3. I will happily defer to your opinion if you think someone else is better, but Jimmy is really synonomous with the jazz organ, much like BB is to Blues and Bob Wills is to Western Swing.
Jimmy played straight jazz, blues, swing, funk (later), Soul Jazz - he even recorded with large bands at times. The early recordings just seem so spontaneous and joyful; as if Jimmy was plugged in to the b-3!
As to the recordings, these do not sound like the RVG Remasters, so I guess they come from an earlier master. The sound is fine, especially given the price . . .
and what a price!!!!! Many, in fact MOST of you who see this have the RVG's, the earlier issues and the vinyl - I do! This is perfect for cruising in the car, parties, or anywhere you are concerned your discs will get damaged. I paid $8 + postage and have been listening in the car.
If you really need a blow-by-blow of the music, check the (many) reviews of the individual discs. One last note: there are not bonus tracks, they are straight reissues.
Enjoy!!!!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The musician who controlled the destiny of the world's most famous jazz label
8 Nov 2011
As "The Blue Note Story" makes clear, it was Jimmy Smith who, more than any other single musician or factor, encouraged Alfred Lion to keep his musician-friendly, mom-and-pop business going (with lots of help from Francis Wolff and Rudy Van Gelder) when the economics of running a record company seemed to call for stenting the flow of red ink. Just as a love of traditional jazz and the soprano sax of Sidney Bechet had encouraged Lion to launch the label, the sound of Jimmy Smith's Hammond B3 kindled such an immediate love affair in Lion that he vowed to follow Jimmy to every one of his gigs if necessary to keep him in the Blue Note stable.
Jimmy would make a number of profitable albums for Blue Note until in 1963 the lure of green called him away to Verve and, in effect, spelled the end of tiny (though prolific, productive and seminal) Blue Note Records.
The present collection has the album that caught the ears not merely of Lion but followers of the music everywhere. With Jimmy's torrid, uptempo version of Dizzy's "The Champ" he turned heads and won instantaneous converts to the previously neglected instrument, much as electric bassist Jaco Pastorius would do in 1975 with his performance of Bird's "Donna Lee."
But any collector of Jimmy Smith albums will want to obtain, above all, fresh copies of two albums that are not only essentials but synonymous with Jimmy Smith: "The Sermon" and "Midnight Special." (Neither is included in this composite of imports.)
Jimmy could be erratic, and he'd sooner push a tempo than drag it (just ask one of his drummers, such as Grady Tate). But that was his temperament--excitable, opinionated, always ready to speak his mind, and constantly in motion. (All it required was riding a couple of floors with him in a hotel elevator to find out that he had no use for the rhythm section he'd been given to play with during one Chicago engagement.) But to the minds of many, he was not merely the first of the "modern" B3 players: he was the best--no small statement in view of the dozens of like-minded, talented B3 players Jimmy seemed to spawn practically over night.
Jimmy would make a number of profitable albums for Blue Note until in 1963 the lure of green called him away to Verve and, in effect, spelled the end of tiny (though prolific, productive and seminal) Blue Note Records.
The present collection has the album that caught the ears not merely of Lion but followers of the music everywhere. With Jimmy's torrid, uptempo version of Dizzy's "The Champ" he turned heads and won instantaneous converts to the previously neglected instrument, much as electric bassist Jaco Pastorius would do in 1975 with his performance of Bird's "Donna Lee."
But any collector of Jimmy Smith albums will want to obtain, above all, fresh copies of two albums that are not only essentials but synonymous with Jimmy Smith: "The Sermon" and "Midnight Special." (Neither is included in this composite of imports.)
Jimmy could be erratic, and he'd sooner push a tempo than drag it (just ask one of his drummers, such as Grady Tate). But that was his temperament--excitable, opinionated, always ready to speak his mind, and constantly in motion. (All it required was riding a couple of floors with him in a hotel elevator to find out that he had no use for the rhythm section he'd been given to play with during one Chicago engagement.) But to the minds of many, he was not merely the first of the "modern" B3 players: he was the best--no small statement in view of the dozens of like-minded, talented B3 players Jimmy seemed to spawn practically over night.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
love this music
22 Nov 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
as you can see by the title of my review, i love this music. Jimmy Smith was the best and his classics are still the best. An excellent set of cds. But. i was suprised to find that A Date With Jimmy Smith wasn't included. Sincerely, Jake.
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