CJ Shearn Posted January 10, 2006 Report Posted January 10, 2006 I bought another copy yesterday after I gave one to somebody a long time ago. Relistening to it, this is a fun session. Especially with a front line you'd never expect with Jimmy Smith like Jackie, Blue Mitchell and Ike Quebec. Jackie turns in his finest work of the set on "Embraceable You" and "Plain Talk", and Donald Bailey on the uptempo numbers is the most aggressive I've ever heard him with JOS. So, anybody else like this one? Quote
Harold_Z Posted January 10, 2006 Report Posted January 10, 2006 I like it a lot. this one and the exteded "Sermon" with all the extra material. They both get a a lot of play on my office pc. Quote
jlhoots Posted January 10, 2006 Report Posted January 10, 2006 I bought another copy yesterday after I gave one to somebody a long time ago. Relistening to it, this is a fun session. Especially with a front line you'd never expect with Jimmy Smith like Jackie, Blue Mitchell and Ike Quebec. Jackie turns in his finest work of the set on "Embraceable You" and "Plain Talk", and Donald Bailey on the uptempo numbers is the most aggressive I've ever heard him with JOS. So, anybody else like this one? Sure. Great 2-fer. I like the whole thing. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted January 10, 2006 Author Report Posted January 10, 2006 something about Jimmy's comping, on "Plain Talk" behind Jackie and Blue makes me crack up for some reason. Think its some Monkish stuff, then the "Two Bass Hit" riff Quentin and Donald do behind the end of Jimmy's solo is too much Quote
Dan Gould Posted January 11, 2006 Report Posted January 11, 2006 A classic, and very important for the presence of Ike Quebec. Nowhere near enough was recorded by that man, so I appreciate every bit available. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted January 11, 2006 Author Report Posted January 11, 2006 it'd be nice if Blue Note or Mosaic put all the jam session material in one set b/c let's see, theres like 7 albums Jimmy recorded that were blowing dates, even though I and pretty much everyone here with an interest in JOS or the other players on the dates have them all. I wonder if BN has some extra unreleased live Jimmy somewhere because IIRC someone posted here discographical info on several rejected takes from April 7, 1958(Cool Blues) and theres gotta be extra stuff from the Club Baby Grand recordings. Quote
Big Al Posted January 11, 2006 Report Posted January 11, 2006 Like the long group jams, not too keen on the ballads. Quote
Kalo Posted January 12, 2006 Report Posted January 12, 2006 This was my first Jimmy Smith album and still one of my favorites. In fact, it was one of the first Organ albums I ever got into. I think, at least initially, that it was the sheer personality of the different horn players that really put it over for me, and I've always dug the ballads here as much as the jams. Nice variety. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted January 12, 2006 Author Report Posted January 12, 2006 Blue gets a nice tone on "My One and Only Love" definitely. beautiful, warm and full. Blue was another underrated player I think, despite all the albums with Horace. Quote
Guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Posted January 12, 2006 youre right this is not mentioned much- the 1st JOS i heard as well most likely. and frankly i can live w/ that--- the album is a very hard bop oriented blowing session w/ mclean and if i remember correctly, blue mitchell. i still rate it higher than say, the turrentine/burrell lps a la 12:00 special/chicken shack. ON ANOTHER JOS NOTE i heard that the smith plays fats waller lp is notoriouslly criticized. is that true, beacuse i really really like that lp. i have the original mono for that and i like Jimmy's hammond sound on that one moreso than jos typical "sermon" type sound. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted January 12, 2006 Author Report Posted January 12, 2006 "Plays Fats Waller" gets criticized? I like that album too, ContemporaryladySF. I wouldn't use it as an intro to JOS but I find it very tasteful and swinging. Quote
Nate Dorward Posted January 12, 2006 Report Posted January 12, 2006 Yeah, Open House/Plain Talk is great stuff, both the blues jams & the ballads. Ah, those were the days, when they would actually double up LPs onto a single CD... Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 12, 2006 Report Posted January 12, 2006 This is a nice session. I don't think the inclusion of Jackie McLean is nearly as extraordinary as some of the other posts have it. Don't forget that Jackie had been included in four classic jam session albums done for Prestige in '56 and '57 by Gene Ammons: "The happy blues"; "Jammin' with the Gene Ammons all stars"; "Funky"; and "Jammin' in hifi". I think that Blue Note would have regarded him as a natural for this gig, which was very similar, and may have been intended to be. MG Quote
CJ Shearn Posted January 12, 2006 Author Report Posted January 12, 2006 in the liners, Jimmy said Jackie asked him when he next session was and he called him to be on the date. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted January 14, 2006 Report Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) I love this session and the sharp contrast between jackie's alto alto and Ike's tenor tenor is one of the big reasons why... Edited January 14, 2006 by danasgoodstuff Quote
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