Smooth Sailing (Arnett Cobb album)

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Smooth Sailing
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Studio album by
Arnett Cobb
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 27, 1959
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length36:30
Label Prestige
PRLP 7184
Producer Esmond Edwards
Arnett Cobb chronology
Blow Arnett, Blow
(1959)		Smooth Sailing
(1960)		 Party Time
(1959)

Smooth Sailing is an album by the saxophonist Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label and released in 1960. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars and stated: "Arnett Cobb's solos are typically emotional and generally exciting during the fine set". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Arnett Cobb except where noted

  1. "Charmaine" (Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack) - 4:23
  2. "Cobb's Mob" (George Duvivier) - 4:44
  3. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:44
  4. "Let's Split" - 3:44
  5. "Blues Around Dusk" (Osie Johnson) - 8:18
  6. "Smooth Sailing" - 5:01
  7. "(I'm Left with the) Blues in My Heart" (Irving Mills, Benny Carter) - 5:36

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography, accessed April 3, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott, Allmusic Review, accessed April 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 262. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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