A New Sound... A New Star...
A New Sound... A New Star... (subtitled Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. 1) is the debut album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's following two LPs, A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 and The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ.
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | February 18, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:04 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| Singles from A New Sound... A New Star... | ||||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | (CD reissue) [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated:
"The debut of organist Jimmy Smith on records (he was already 30) was a major event, for he introduced a completely new and very influential style on the organ, one that virtually changed the way the instrument is played".[2]
Track listing
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:04
- "You Get 'Cha" – 4:23 (Jimmy Smith)
- "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 4:26
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:49
- "The High and the Mighty" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
- "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:30
- "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) – 4:35
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:56
- "Joy" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 3:13
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on February 18, 1956
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ
- Thornel Schwartz – guitar
- Bay Perry – drums
Technical
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Reid Miles – cover design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Babs Gonzales – liner notes
References
- Blue Note discography accessed October 5, 2010
- Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 5, 2010
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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