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Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s with his recordings for Blue Note Records. After he moved to Verve Records, though, he began working in more big-band settings, experimenting a bit, although he was always the same Jimmy Smith whose rapid runs on the B-3 careened, stuttered, glided, and flashed all over the place at a frequently breathless pace. This set, recorded in 1963 in New York City, finds him working with arranger and conductor Oliver Nelson in a combined orchestral and big-band setting and what strikes first, aside from the movie soundtrack feel of Nelson's arrangements, is how varied the source material is, ranging from a huge make-over of Gus Cannon's old jug band tune "Walk Right In" to the Latin lilt of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Meditation," the funky hard bop of Horace Silver's "The Preacher," and the relatively restrained country prettiness of Don Gibson's "I Can't Stop Loving You." Smith bubbles and bounces through all of it at the B-3 while Nelson proceeds to fill every available corner with huge, sweeping orchestral washes and crescendos. The clear highlight, though, is the lead and title track, "Hobo Flats," which moves at a languid but wonderfully funky pace and establishes a groove as wide as the Mississippi River. Smith arguably was at his best in small combos, and at times he gets overwhelmed here by the big cinematic arrangements, but there's plenty to like with this set, even if it's a bit on the atypical side for Smith. It works well more than it doesn't.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Newman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Nelson, Conductor, ComposerLyricist - Al Cohn, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Zoot Sims, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Woods, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Smith, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Dorsey, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Nelson Orchestra, Orchestra - Creed Taylor, Producer - Bill Rodriguez, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oliver Nelson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Rose, ComposerLyricist - Al Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Smith, MainArtist - Lawrence Stock, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Erik Darling, ComposerLyricist - Gus Cannon, ComposerLyricist - Hosea Woods, ComposerLyricist - Oliver Nelson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Smith, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Newman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Nelson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Al Cohn, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Zoot Sims, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Woods, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Smith, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Dorsey, Flute, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Richard M. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Mitchell, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Newman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Nelson, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Silver, ComposerLyricist - Al Cohn, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Zoot Sims, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Woods, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Smith, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Dorsey, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Nelson Orchestra, Orchestra - Bill Rodriguez, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Newman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Nelson, Conductor - Al Cohn, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Zoot Sims, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Woods, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - NEWTON MENDONCA, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Smith, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Dorsey, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Nelson Orchestra, Orchestra - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Gibson, ComposerLyricist - Oliver Nelson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Smith, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s with his recordings for Blue Note Records. After he moved to Verve Records, though, he began working in more big-band settings, experimenting a bit, although he was always the same Jimmy Smith whose rapid runs on the B-3 careened, stuttered, glided, and flashed all over the place at a frequently breathless pace. This set, recorded in 1963 in New York City, finds him working with arranger and conductor Oliver Nelson in a combined orchestral and big-band setting and what strikes first, aside from the movie soundtrack feel of Nelson's arrangements, is how varied the source material is, ranging from a huge make-over of Gus Cannon's old jug band tune "Walk Right In" to the Latin lilt of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Meditation," the funky hard bop of Horace Silver's "The Preacher," and the relatively restrained country prettiness of Don Gibson's "I Can't Stop Loving You." Smith bubbles and bounces through all of it at the B-3 while Nelson proceeds to fill every available corner with huge, sweeping orchestral washes and crescendos. The clear highlight, though, is the lead and title track, "Hobo Flats," which moves at a languid but wonderfully funky pace and establishes a groove as wide as the Mississippi River. Smith arguably was at his best in small combos, and at times he gets overwhelmed here by the big cinematic arrangements, but there's plenty to like with this set, even if it's a bit on the atypical side for Smith. It works well more than it doesn't.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:21
- Main artists: Jimmy Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2008 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2008 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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