Back At The Chicken Shack: The Incredible Jimmy Smith (Remastered) Jimmy Smith

• 1 Back At The Chicken Shack 08:03
• 2 When I Grow Too Old To Dream 09:52
• 3 Minor Chant 07:31
• 4 Messy Bessie 12:28
• Total Runtime 37:54

Info for Back At The Chicken Shack: The Incredible Jimmy Smith (Remastered)

This album, along with Midnight Special and Home Cookin‘, is one of the truly classic albums Smith recorded for Blue Note. Introducing Stanley Turrentine on tenor sax, whose warm, old-school playing blends perfectly with the oozing grooves of Smith's Hammond, Back At The Chicken Shack also features regular sidemen Kenny Burrell on guitar and beatkeeper Donald Bailey. Smith's innovative concoction of soul, jazz and blues does not disappoint: from the down-home vibe of the title track, through the infectious, loping theme of Turrentine's composition 'Minor Chant, to the 32-bar blues that frames spectacular solos in 'Messie Bessie.' Smith's ambidextrous magic dazzles as always, and the spotlight shines with particular brightness on Turrentine, who establishes himself as a serious talent on this session. This is classic Smith with all the requisite flair and cool. It's a keeper.

'Smith's funky Hammond organ still sounds killer, his ecstatic fusion of R&B and jazz with bluesy gospel a whip-smart invention.' (Q Magazine)

Jimmy Smith, organ
Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax
Kenny Burrell, guitar
Donald Bailey, drums

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 25, 1960.
Produced by Alfred Lion.

Mastered by Bernie Grundman

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