Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise
1958 live album by Jimmy Smith
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| Live album by Jimmy Smith | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | November 15, 1957 | |||
| Venue | Small's Paradise New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 76:04 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 1585 (Vol. 1) BLP 1586 (Vol. 2) | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| Singles from Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise | ||||
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Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related live albums by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded at Smalls' Paradise in New York City on November 15, 1957 and released on Blue Note the following year.[1] The album was rereleased as a double CD with four bonus tracks recorded at the same performance.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise four starts and selected the CD reissue as part of its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.[3]
The editors at AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]
Track listing
Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volume 1
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "After Hours" |
| 10:58 |
| 2. | "My Funny Valentine" | 11:03 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Slightly Monkish" | Jimmy Smith | 6:59 |
| 2. | "Laura" | 10:28 |
Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volume 2
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Imagination" |
| 7:56 |
| 2. | "Just Friends" | 6:29 | |
| 3. | "Lover Man" |
| 7:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Body and Soul" | 10:03 | |
| 2. | "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" | 15:40 |
CD reissue: Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volumes 1&2
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Imagination" |
| 7:56 |
| 2. | "Walkin'" | Richard Carpenter | 11:41 |
| 3. | "My Funny Valentine" | 11:03 | |
| 4. | "It's Only a Paper Moon" | 10:28 | |
| 5. | "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" | 7:00 | |
| 6. | "Laura" | 10:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" | 15:40 | |
| 2. | "Body and Soul" | 10:03 | |
| 3. | "The Champ" | Dizzy Gillespie | 13:47 |
| 4. | "Lover Man" |
| 7:28 |
| 5. | "Slightly Monkish" | Jimmy Smith | 6:59 |
| 6. | "After Hours" | 10:58 | |
| 7. | "Just Friends" | 6:29 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Eddie McFadden – guitar
- Donald Bailey – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Reid Miles – cover design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
References
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Jimmy Smith
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
albums
- A New Sound... A New Star... Volume 1 (1956)
- A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (1956)
- The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956)
- At Club Baby Grand (1956)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (1957)
- Plays Pretty Just for You (1957)
- Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
- Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise (1957)
- House Party (1958)
- The Sermon (1958)
- Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958)
- Cool Blues (1958)
- Six Views of the Blues (1958)
- Home Cookin' (1958–59)
- Crazy! Baby (1960)
- Open House (1960)
- Plain Talk (1960)
- Midnight Special (1960)
- Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
- Straight Life (1961)
- Plays Fats Waller (1962)
- I'm Movin' On (1963)
- Bucket! (1963)
- Rockin' the Boat (1963)
- Prayer Meetin' (with Stanley Turrentine, 1963)
- One Night with Blue Note (1985)
albums
- Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (1962)
- Hobo Flats (1963)
- Any Number Can Win (1963)
- Blue Bash! (with Kenny Burrell, 1963)
- The Cat (1964)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
- Christmas '64 (1964)
- Monster (1965)
- Organ Grinder Swing (1965)
- Got My Mojo Workin' (1966)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
- Peter & the Wolf (1966)
- Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (with Wes Montgomery, 1966)
- Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966)
- Respect (1967)
- The Boss (1968)
- Groove Drops (1970)
- The Other Side of Jimmy Smith (1970)
- Root Down (1972)
- Bluesmith (1972)
- Damn! (1995)
- Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams (1995)
- Dot Com Blues (2000)
other labels
- Black Smith (1974)
- The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby, 1969)
- Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
- Ellington Is Forever (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984)
- L.A. Is My Lady (Frank Sinatra, 1984)
- Bad (Michael Jackson, 1987)
- Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)
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