Cool Blues

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Cool Blues
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Live album by
Jimmy Smith
Released1980
RecordedApril 7, 1958
Venue Small's Paradise, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length72:21
Label Blue Note
LT-1054
Producer Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Softly as a Summer Breeze
(1958)		Cool Blues
(1980)		 Six Views of the Blues
(1958)
CD reissue cover
Cool Blues reissue.jpg

Cool Blues is a live album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded at Small's Paradise in New York City in 1958 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980. [1] The album was rereleased on CD with three bonus tracks recorded at the same performance.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 41⁄2 stars stating

"The repertoire is filled with blues and bop standards, and the soloing is at a consistently high and hard-swinging level. Jimmy Smith fans will be pleased". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Track listing

  1. "Dark Eyes" (Traditional) – 11:43
  2. "Groovin' at Small's" (Babs Gonzales) – 12:01
  3. Announcements by Babs Gonzales – 0:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 17:04
  5. "Cool Blues" (Charlie Parker) – 11:07
  6. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 6:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Small's Minor" (Jimmy Smith) – 6:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) – 6:46 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 29, 2010
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  183. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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