The Cat (album)

The Cat
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	September 1964
Recorded	April 27–29, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:44
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Blue Bash! (1963) The Cat (1964) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
Singles from The Cat
"The Cat" Released: August 1964

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

The Cat is a 1964 album by Jimmy Smith. It features Smith on Hammond B-3 organ with big band arrangements by composer Lalo Schifrin. The album reached number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. ^[3] Its title track peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the weeks of September 26 and October 3, 1964. ^{[4] [5]}

Track listing

All tracks arranged by Lalo Schifrin

1. "Theme from Joy House" (Lalo Schifrin) – 4:38
2. "The Cat" (from Joy House ) (Lalo Schifrin, Rick Ward) – 3:24
3. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 4:00
4. "Main Title from The Carpetbaggers " (Elmer Bernstein, Ray Colcord) – 3:56
5. "Chicago Serenade" (Eddie Harris) – 3:55
6. "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) – 3:18
7. "Delon's Blues" (Smith) – 4:48
8. "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:45

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Lalo Schifrin – conductor
• Ray Alonge, Earl Chapin, Bill Correa, Jimmy Buffington – French horn
• Bernie Glow, Thad Jones, Jimmy Maxwell, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young – trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Billy Byers – trombone
• Tony Studd – bass trombone
• Don Butterfield – tuba
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• George Duvivier – bass
• Grady Tate – drums
• Phil Kraus – percussion

Technical personnel

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Val Valentin – director of engineering
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Ken Whitmore – photography
• Al Collins – liner notes

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [3]	12

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1964	"The Cat"	Billboard Hot 100 [6]	67

References

1. "AllMusic Review - The Cat" . Retrieved December 18, 2017.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
3. "Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 19, 2017.
4. Jimmy Smith, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
5. Billboard Hot 100, Week of October 3, 1964 – Billboard.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
6. "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 19, 2017.

• The Cat [CD liner notes]. 2005. The Verve Music Group.