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When cool-toned guitarist Johnny Smith left New York for Colorado in the mid-'50s, he didn't hang up his guitar. He continued to play locally and make occasional trips back to the Big Apple to record. The two sessions included on The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar were the results of two trips in 1960 and 1961. Just about everything goes right on these sessions. Smith's guitar especially shines in the company of pianist Hank Jones, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Ed Shaughnessy in the second set. There's a lovely, soulful version of "'Round Midnight," with a nice long solo by Smith (he even bends a blue note or two) and a shorter, though poignant one, by Jones. The band goes into overdrive for "This Can't Be Love," filling it with bouncy rhythm and sharp lead work. Pianist Bob Pancoast, bassist George Roumanis, and drummer Mousey Alexander join Smith on the 1960 session, originally issued as Johnny Smith Plus the Trio. As with the 1961 set, solid instrumental choices like "Some of These Days" and "Hippo the Sentimental Hippy" brighten up the proceedings. The band also bravely tackles Bud Powell's "Un Poco Loco," kicking it off with an extended, fiery drum workout by Alexander. In fact, the band doesn't join in until the last minute of the piece. Whether one considers the choice selections, good accompaniment, or wonderful guitar work by Smith, The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar is a lovely album and a good introduction to a fine guitarist.
© Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. /TiVo
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George Duvivier, Bass - Johnny Mercer, Writer - Harold Arlen, Writer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Moe Jaffe, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Clay Boland, Composer - Mo Jaffe, Composer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - George Gershwin, Writer - Ira Gershwin, Writer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Burke, Composer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Erroll Garner, Composer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Jule Styne, Composer - Cahn, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Thelonious Monk, Composer - Cootie Williams, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Bernard Hanighen, Composer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums - John Laporta, Composer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Anonymous, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Adapted By, Composer - Johnny Smith, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums - Adapted By Johnny Smith, Composer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Duke Ellington, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Gene Webster, Composer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
George Duvivier, Bass - Harold Arlen, Composer - Ted Koehler, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Niara Scarlett, Composer - George Duvivier, Bass - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Hank Jones, Piano - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Davy, Composer - Dylan Barnes, Composer - Ed Shaughnessey, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Shelton Brooks, Composer - Bob Pancoast, Piano - Mousey Alexander, Drums - George Roumanis, Bass
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Bob Pancoast, Piano - Mousey Alexander, Drums - George Roumanis, Bass
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harold Arlen, Writer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Bob Pancoast, Piano - Mousey Alexander, Drums - George Roumanis, Bass - E.Y Harburg, Writer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Edward Heyman, Composer - John Green, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Bob Pancoast, Piano - Mousey Alexander, Drums - George Roumanis, Bass
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Duke Ellington, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Irving Mills, Composer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Irving Gordon, Composer - Bob Pancoast, Piano - Mousey Alexander, Drums - George Roumanis, Bass
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bud Powell, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Bob Pancoast, Piano - Mousey Alexander, Drums - George Roumanis, Bass
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Bob Pancoast, Piano - Roumanis, Composer - Messner, Composer - Mousey Alexander, Drums - George Roumanis, Bass
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Mixer, Engineer, Remixer, Digital Remasterer - Johnny Smith, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Reig, Producer - Bob Pancoast, Piano - Mousey Alexander, Drums - George Roumanis, Bass
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
When cool-toned guitarist Johnny Smith left New York for Colorado in the mid-'50s, he didn't hang up his guitar. He continued to play locally and make occasional trips back to the Big Apple to record. The two sessions included on The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar were the results of two trips in 1960 and 1961. Just about everything goes right on these sessions. Smith's guitar especially shines in the company of pianist Hank Jones, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Ed Shaughnessy in the second set. There's a lovely, soulful version of "'Round Midnight," with a nice long solo by Smith (he even bends a blue note or two) and a shorter, though poignant one, by Jones. The band goes into overdrive for "This Can't Be Love," filling it with bouncy rhythm and sharp lead work. Pianist Bob Pancoast, bassist George Roumanis, and drummer Mousey Alexander join Smith on the 1960 session, originally issued as Johnny Smith Plus the Trio. As with the 1961 set, solid instrumental choices like "Some of These Days" and "Hippo the Sentimental Hippy" brighten up the proceedings. The band also bravely tackles Bud Powell's "Un Poco Loco," kicking it off with an extended, fiery drum workout by Alexander. In fact, the band doesn't join in until the last minute of the piece. Whether one considers the choice selections, good accompaniment, or wonderful guitar work by Smith, The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar is a lovely album and a good introduction to a fine guitarist.
© Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:29
- Main artists: Johnny Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Jazz
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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