At Club "Baby Grand" Wilmington, Delaware

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At Club "Baby Grand" Wilmington, Delaware
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Live album by
Released1956
RecordedAugust 4, 1956
VenueClub Baby Grand
Wilmington, DE
Genre Jazz
Length41:26 (Vol. 1)
40:24 (Vol. 2)
Label Blue Note
BLP 1528 (Vol. 1)
BLP 1529 (Vol. 2)
Producer Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ
(1956)
At Club "Baby Grand" Wilmington, Delaware
(1956)
A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One
(1957)
Singles from At Club "Baby Grand"
  1. "The New Preacher, Part 1"
    Released: 1957

At Club "Baby Grand" Wilmington, Delaware, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related live albums by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded at Club "Baby Grand" in Wilmington, Delaware on August 4, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year. [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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states, "It's all Jimmy Smith in full flight, bubbling over with cascading notes and breathless detours, and if his studio work is generally more structured and considered (but only a little more so), this set shows him in what was his natural habitat, astounding an audience in a small club. Bailey keeps up with things and Schwartz gets a word in now and then, but this is Smith's show all the way." [2]

Track listing

At Club "Baby Grand" Wilmington, Delaware, Vol. 1

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction by Mitch Thomas" 0:59
2."Sweet Georgia Brown" Bernie, Casey, Pinkard 9:33
3."Where or When" Hart, Rodgers 9:17
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Preacher" Silver 11:55
2."Rosetta" Hines, Woode 10:08

At Club "Baby Grand" Wilmington, Delaware, Vol. 2

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Caravan" Ellington, Mills, Tizol 10:18
2."Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" Fain, Webster 10:46
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Happy" Arlen, Koehler 7:27
2."It's All Right with Me" Porter 11:53

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

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References

  1. Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
  2. 1 2 Leggett, S.AllMusic Review accessed November 29, 2010
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.