Plain Talk | ||||
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Released | April 1968 | |||
Recorded | March 22, 1960 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Jazz blues | |||
Length | 38:21 | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84296 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Jimmy Smith chronology | ||||
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Plain Talk is a studio album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1960 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1968. [1] The album was rereleased on CD combined with Open House (1960) in 1992 compiling all the recordings from the session.
The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a fast-paced studio jam session". [2]
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Allmusic | [2] |
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Sugar is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, his first recorded for the CTI Records label following his long association with Blue Note, featuring performances by Turrentine with Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Ron Carter, and Billy Kaye with Lonnie Liston Smith added on the title track and Butch Cornell and Richard "Pablo" Landrum on the other two tracks on the original release. The CD rerelease added a live version of the title track recorded at the Hollywood Palladium in 1971.
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I'm Movin' On is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1963, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1967. It was rereleased on CD with two bonus tracks from the same session.
Rockin' the Boat is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.
Bucket! is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1963 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1966. The CD reissue added two tracks recorded at the same session as bonus tracks.
Softly as a Summer Breeze is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1958 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1965. The album was rereleased on CD with four bonus tracks recorded at a later session.
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Jimmy Smith Trio + LD is an album by jazz organist Jimmy Smith and saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1957 and released only in Japan.
Coldwater Flat is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances with an orchestra arranged by Oliver Nelson recorded in 1968 and released on the Blue Note label.
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