Jimmy Smith - The Classic Verve Albums Collection (2019) [Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Artist: Jimmy Smith
Album: The Classic Verve Albums Collection
Genre: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz
Label: Enlightenment
Released: 2019
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:

CD 1:
Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (1962)

1. Walk on the Wild Side (5:59)
2. Ol' Man River (3:59)
3. In a Mellow Tone (4:27)
4. Step Right Up (4:15)
5. Beggar for the Blues (7:31)
6. Bashin' (6:17)
7. I'm an Old Cowhand (6:10)
   Hobo Flats (1963)
8. Hobo Flats (4:39)
9. Blueberry Hill (4:53)
10. Walk Right In (3:30)
11. Trouble in Mind (4:22)
12. The Preacher (6:12)
13. Meditation (3:03)
14. I Can't Stop Loving You (4:29)

CD 2:
Any Number Can Win (1963)

1. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis (4:23)
2. The Ape Woman (3:22)
3. Georgia on My Mind (2:29)
4. G'Won Train (4:22)
5. Theme from "Any Number Can Win" (2:12)
6. What'd I Say (2:52)
7. The Sermon (7:43)
8. Ruby (2:21)
9. Tubs (2:49)
10. Blues for C.A. (3:43)
    Blue Bash! (with Kenny Burrell) (1963)
11. Blue Bash (5:07)
12. Travelin' (5:30)
13. Fever (5:37)
14. Blues for Del (6:17)
15. Easy Living (2:57)
16. Soft Winds (5:45)
17. Kenny's Sound (4:23)

CD 3:
Live at the Village Gate - The Amazing Jimmy Smith Trio (1963)

1. I Got a Woman (8:02)
2. Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey (6:36)
3. The Champ (6:45)
4. If I Were a Bell (9:04)
   The Cat (1964)
5. Theme from "Joy House" (4:42)
6. The Cat (3:25)
7. Basin Street Blues (4:04)
8. Main Title from "The Carpetbaggers" (4:00)
9. Chicago Serenade (3:59)
10. St. Louis Blues (3:21)
11. Delon's Blues (4:51)
12. Blues in the Night (4:46)

CD 4:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)

1. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (7:09)
2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Part 1) (4:29)
3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Part 2) (5:00)
4. John Brown's Body (5:18)
5. Wives and Lovers (3:21)
6. Women of the World (5:48)
7. Bluesette (3:42)
   Christmas '64 (1964)
8. Baby It's Cold Outside (6:00)
9. We Three Kings (3:45)
10. The Christmas Song (4:32)
11. White Christmas (2:51)
12. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (5:27)
13. Silent Night (4:04)
14. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (6:11)
15. Jingle Bells (3:16)

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Jazz pioneer and Hammond Organ s most acclaimed practitioner, Jimmy Smith bridged the gap between soul and jazz, and along with the likes of Ray Charles, forged a sound that appealed to a wide ranging cross-section of music fans during the 50s and 60s. Smith s instrument of choice, the Hammond B-3 with its unique sound and unusual range, adapted well to the genre s flexible leanings, and while Smith was far from the first jazz musician to utilise the organ - legends Count Basie and Fats Waller had both done so in an earlier era - Smith applied the instrument in such a way as to attract the mainstream; he was rewarded for this by becoming one of jazz music s household names and by having his albums fly high on the Billboard Chart in the early 1960s - an unusual feat for a jazz man. This 4CD compilation brings together eight of Jimmy Smith s finest albums, recorded for the Verve label between 1962 and 1964. Including a number of his most successful and critically acclaimed works, all of which originate from this hugely accomplished musician s golden age, this release will serve as both the perfect introduction to Smith s music for the less well versed, and as the ultimate collection for everyone else.