Jimmy Smith japanese cd: THE SINGLES

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

wow this wasnever issued in the US, does anyone know the tracklist, or know this cd?

[JohnS]

I have a King vinyl titled The Singles. Don't know if it's the same stuff. But here's a track listing fwiw-

I can't give you anything but love

Plum Nellie

Cha Cha J

Round Midnight

You need connections

Aint that love

Willow weep for me

Aint no use

Angel Eyes

Swingin'Shepherd blues.

Recorded 56 -58.

[brownie]

I am not aware that 'The Singles' was released on CD, if you mean the BN King LP of that name that JohnS detailed.

[mikeweil]

All of these tracks were subsequently added as bonus tracks to various Jimmy Smith Blue Note US issues - I had that LP but sold it after having all of them on the CD reissues.

Six of the tracks are with vocalists: The two with Babs Gonzales (Round Midnight; You need connections) were on his Blue Note CD, the four with Bill Henderson (Aint that love; Willow weep for me; Aint no use; Angel Eyes) were added to the Summer Breeze CD, IIRC.

The track with Cecil Payne (Swingin'Shepherd blues) was on the Connoisseur CD with Payne.

The one with Lou Donaldson I can't recall right now. Maybe this and the other were on the Mosaic?

I can't give you anything but love

Plum Nellie

Cha Cha J

Edited April 5, 2010 by mikeweil

[brownie]

The one with Lou Donaldson is the alternate take of 'Plum Nellie'. It was also on the Mosaic Jimmy Smith.

The other tunes also appeared on various BN CDs.

[CJ Shearn]

Cha Cha J is an oddity in that we hear JOS solo on piano. The "Cherokee" session was supposed to be a piano trio but it was unsuccessful, so he switched to B3 as usual.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

very interesting