The Cat (album)

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The Cat
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Studio album by
Jimmy Smith
ReleasedSeptember 1964
RecordedApril 27–29, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length32:44
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
  1. "The Cat"
    Released: August 1964
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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]

Contents

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

Technical personnel

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1964)Peak
position		Total
weeks
U.S. Billboard 200 12 [3] 32

Single

YearSingleChartPosition
1964"The Cat" Billboard Hot 100 67 [4]

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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. 1 2 "Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 19, 2017.



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