- Audio CD (28 May 2001)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Box set
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- ASIN: B00005JXL4
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 102,922 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Organ Grinder's Swing - Creed Taylor, Jimmy Smith, Grady Tate, Kenny Burrell | |||
| 2. The Cat - Jimmy Smith, Creed Taylor | |||
| 3. Root Down (And Get It) - Jimmy Smith | |||
| 4. Uh Ruh - Jimmy Smith | |||
| 5. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Don Sickler, Jimmy Smith, Richard Seidel | |||
| 6. Walk On The Wild Side - Jimmy Smith, Oliver Nelson, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman, Tom Mitchell, Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion, Bob Ashton, Babe Clark, George Barrow, Barry Galbraith, George Duvivier, Ed Shaughnessy | |||
| 7. Hobo Flats - Creed Taylor, Jimmy Smith, Oliver Nelson, Bob Simpson, Joe Newman, Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson, Tom Mitchell, Phil Woods, George Dorsey, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, George Duvivier, Bill Rodriguez, Unknown | |||
| 8. Bashin - Jimmy Smith | |||
| 9. What'd I Say - Jimmy Smith | |||
| 10. Sunny - Jimmy Smith, Johnny Pate | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers" - Jimmy Smith, Lalo Schifrin | |||
| 2. Got My Mojo Workin' - Creed Taylor, Jimmy Smith | |||
| 3. The Sermon - Creed Taylor, Jimmy Smith | |||
| 4. Let's Stay Together - Eric Miller, Jimmy Smith | |||
| 5. James And Wes - Creed Taylor, Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery | |||
| 6. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Jimmy Smith | |||
| 7. Groove Drops - Jimmy Smith | |||
| 8. The Boss - George Benson, Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey, Esmond Edwards | |||
| 9. Blue Bash - Jimmy Smith | |||
| 10. You Better Go Now - Don Sickler, Jimmy Smith, Richard Seidel | |||
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Jimmy Smith's Very Best Of JS: B-3 is a two-for-one CD package showcasing Smith's work for Verve and affiliated labels between 1962 and 2000. That is some span but compilers Dan Baxter and Nathan Graves have managed to be both representative and imaginative in their 28 choices. A curmudgeon might point out that 10 selections also appear on 1995's Best of the Verve Years but the classic status of (among others) "Walk On The Wild Side", "Hobo Flats", "Organ Grinder's Swing" and "The Cat" made some such duplication inevitable. The inclusion of "Eight Counts For Rita" and "Give Up The Booty" from little known Mercury albums cut in the late 1970s is commendably enterprising, as is the provision of an unissued alternative take of the title track from Smith's most recent album Dot Com Blues. No less satisfying are "What I'd Say", "The Carpetbaggers" (magnificent Lalo Schifrin arrangement) and the spine-tingling "Hoochie Coochie Man"; others will doubtless cite their own favourites, which is as it should be. This handsome collection confirms the view of Smith as a great jazzman who just happens to play the organ, testifying to his subtlety and taste as much as to his blues-drenched power and exhilarating earthiness. --Richard Palmer
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cracking!,
By old-skool fan (bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Js:B-3 The Very Best Of (Audio CD)
A wonderful summation of Jimmy's career - his big band collaborations with Lalo Schifrin in the 50's & 60's, his intense 70's funk efforts, right up to the title track from 2000's dot.com blues album - it's all here.For all fans of the undisputed king of the Hammond B3 organ, this is a must have compilation.
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