Organ Grinder Swing

Jimmy Smith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046XC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,893 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh No, Babe

2. Greensleeves

3. Satin Doll

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The B-3 master swings!!!, December 27, 2000

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Jeffrey Harris (South San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Organ Grinder Swing (Audio CD)

During his amazing tenure at Verve when he was making albums with large bands and big band style arrangements on classics like "Bashin'", "The Cat", and "Any Number Can Win", Jimmy Smith returned to the roots of his late 50's and early 60's Blue Note recordings being complimented only with a drummer and guitar player. But when the aforementioned are long time collaborators drummer Grady Tate and guitarist Kenny Burrell you know the sparks are gonna fly and they do here!!! Tearing through originals like "Oh, No, Babe", and "Blues For J", as well as standards like "Greensleeves", and Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll", there's not a dull moment. Crisp remastering and annotation by "Mingus-Mingus" author Al Young make this album a definite keeper.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is soooo goood!, October 15, 2004

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Blues Bro "bluesbro" (Lakewood, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Organ Grinder Swing (Audio CD)

An organ trio session, with Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell. Jimmy is just on fire on this session! There are albums of him on which he is just crusing along, letting someone else put the fire in the session. But not here. The great idea on this session is that they put a mike on Jimmy, so you can actually hear his vocals expressions as well as his playing; just gives you a completely different approach than any other trio album out there. Highly recommended!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zillion stars album!!, June 12, 2006

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Terje Biringvad "HammondFreak" (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Organ Grinder Swing (Audio CD)

The nearly four decades with musical magic between Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell and Grady Tate was kicked-off in 1965 with this master trio album. The album name - Organ Grinder Swing - became synonimous of Jimmy Smiths's concert highlight throughout his long career. "Organ Grinder Swing" opens this album and gets the treat you expect for this classic tune in fast straight 4/4 with fascinating interplay between Smith and Burrell(not too many organist have recorded this tune, guess why?). "Oh, No, Babe" is a drenched-down blues where both Smith and Burrell gives a power demonstration of their deep musical roots. The lovely ballad "I'll Close My Eyes" is 3 minute of pure mellowness and demonstrates Smiths passion for ballads. The later over-recorded "Satin Doll", written by Duke Ellington rounds up this great album with nice organ registration changes that became Jimmy's trademark (Smith always claimed that he was inspired by Erroll Garner playing block chords adding the Fats Waller sound). Organ jazz has produced many excellent drummers, but some stands out - Grady Tate is one of the few. And everything is said about Kenny Burrell and his guitar wizardry. Organ Grinder Swing is a must in every serious jazz collection!