Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith album)

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Midnight Special
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1961
RecordedApril 25, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length36:43
Label Blue Note
BST 84078
Producer Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Home Cookin'
(1961)
Midnight Special
(1961)
Plays Fats Waller
(1962)

Midnight Special is an album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label. [1] The album was recorded at the same session that produced Back at the Chicken Shack (1960). [2]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "highly recommended". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
DownBeat
(Original LP release)
Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Track listing

  1. "Midnight Special" (Jimmy Smith) – 9:57
  2. "A Subtle One" (Turrentine) – 7:44
  3. "Jumpin' the Blues" (Walter Brown, Jay McShann, Parker) – 5:27
  4. "Why Was I Born?" (Hammerstein II, Kern) – 6:35
  5. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 7:00

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Blue Note discography accessed November 26, 2010
  2. 1 2 3 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed November 26, 2010
  3. DownBeat: March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 183. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.