Episode19 Jazz

1. Ron Carter – Woolaphant, Milestone
2. Kenny Burrell – Rock salt, Blue Note
3. Jimmy Smith – Dancin on the ceiling, Guest Star Records
4. Sonny Rollins – Playing on the yard, Milestone
5. Andrew Hill – Morning flower, SleepleChase Records
6. Hank Mobley – Hanks’s other souL, Blue Note
7. Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster – Shine on the Harvest Moon, Verve
8. Lionel Hampton – At the Woodchoppers ball, Joker
9. Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra – Squatty roo, Verve
10. Thelonius Monk – Reflections, Prestige
11. Art Blakey – Dawn on the Desert, Roulette Records
12. Larry Young – Tyrone, Blue Note

Episode18 Jazz

1. Hank Mobley – the Flip, Blue Note
2. Art Pepper – More for les, Contemporary Records
3. the Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take five, Cbs
4. John Dennis – Seven Moons, Debut Records
5. Milt Buckner Trio – I only have eyes for you, Mps
6. Lionel Hampton – Flying home, Timeless
7. Coleman Hawkins – Sancticity, Riverside
8. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – the Theme, Blue Note
9. Sonny Rollins – the Most beautiful girl in the world, Prestige
10. Sonny Red – Blues in the pocket, Blue Note
11. Jimmy Smith – Off the top, Elektra Records
12. Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller – Your time is now, Music for Pleasure

Episode14 Jazz

1. Kenny Burrell – Tin tin deo, Concord Jazz
2. the Barry Harris Trio with Ron Carter and Leroy Williams – Dexterity, Prestige
3. Hank Mobley with Kenny Clarke – Doug’s minor b’ok, Savoy
4. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – A night in Tunisia, Philips
5. Sidney Bechet – Achin’hearted blues, Cbs
6. Lionel Hampton with Dexter Gordon – Seven come eleven, Who’s who in Jazz
7. Jimmy Smith – Caravan, Blue Note
8. Coleman Hawkins – Ooga dOoga, Oriole Records
9. Charles Mingus – So long Eric, America
10. Ornette Coleman – Voice poetry, Artists house
11. Oscar Peterson – Wave, Mps
12. Wayne Shorter – Speak no evil, Jamey Aebersold

Episode13 Jazz

1. Erroll Garner – Easy to love, Fontana
2. Dizzy Gillespie – Mas que nada, Clave
3. Wynton Marsalis – Bitter dose, Kingdom Records
4. Coleman Hawkins & Bud Powell – Stuffy, Freedom Records
5. Jimmy Smith – Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Verve
6. Eric Dolphy Quartet – On green Dolphin street, Musidisc
7. Lionel Hampton – Honeysuckle rose, Black and blue
8. Benny Goodman his Trio & Quartet – Tiger rag, Quintessence Jazz Series
9. Hank Mobley – Double exposure, Blue Note
10. Ornette Coleman – Doughnut, Base record
11. Wayne Shorter – the Soothsayer, Blue Note
12. Kenny Burrell – Lost in the stars, Concord Jazz

Episode12 Jazz

1. Kenny Burrell & John Coltrame – Big Paul, Prestige
2. Thelonious Monk – ‘Round about midnight, Byg Records
3. Hank Mobley – Suite, Blue Note
4. the Oscar Peterson Trio – It’s all right with me, Verve
5. Jimmy Smith – Some of my best friends are blues, Metro
6. Sonny Rollins – Ee-ah, Prestige
7. Lionel Hampton – Hamp, Elite Special
8. Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge & Johnny Hodges – the Rabbit in jazz, Verve
9. Andrew Hill – From California with love, Artists house
10. Art Blakey & All Star Jazz Messengers – Moanin’, Eastworld
11. Erroll Garner – the Tease, Philps
12. Sammy Price – Royal garden blues, Musidisc

Episode10 Jazz

1. Gil Evans Orch, Kenny Burrell & Phil Woods – Blues in Orbit, Verve Records
2. Thelonious Monk – Blue Monk, BYG Records
3. Dexter Gordon – Home Run, Prestige Records
4. Philly Joe Jones – Stablemates, Milestone
5. Hank Mobley – Hanks’s Waltz, Blue Note
6. Jimmy Smith – Sonnymoon for two, Blue Note
7. Charles Mingus – What Love, Cbs
8. Kenny Burrell – Mother-In-Law, Cadet
9. Sonny Rollins – To a wild rose, Milestone
10. Lester Young – In a little Spanish town, Jazz Anthology
11. Lionel Hampton – Meet Benny Bailey, Rca
12. Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young – The man i love, Musidisc

Episode09 Jazz

1. Miles Davis – If I Where A Bell, Prestige
2. Jimmy Smith – Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf(pt.1&2), Verve
3. Art Blakey Quartet – Just Knock On My Door, Jasmine
4. Milt Jackson – Soul Fusion, Pablo
5. Stan Getz – Pretty City, Cbs
6. Jimmy McGriff – I Cover the Waterfront, Blue Note
7. Monty Alexander – Never Let Me Go, Pablo
8. Miles Davis– Circle in the Round, Cbs
9. Kenny Dorham – Stella by Starlight, Xanadu
10. Joe Henderson – Relaxin´at Camarillo, Contemporary
11. Wynton Marsalis – Twilight, Cbs
12. Art Blakey with The Original Jazz Messengers – the End of a Love Affair, Columbia

Episode06 Jazz

1. Cliff Jordan and John Gilmore – Billie´s Bounce, Blue Note
2. Charlie Parker – Hot House, Jazz Beat
3. Maceo Parker – Lady Luck, ESC Records
4. Maceo Parker – I Remember Mr. Banks, House of the Fox
5. Miles Davis Quintet – If I Were A Bell, Prestige
6. Jimmy Smith – I Got A Woman, Metro
7. George Braith – Mary Ann, Ble Note
8. Kenny Rice and Richard Martin ft. Nat Adderley – Nat´s Tune, Promo
9. Herbie Hancock – Hot Piano, Continental Records
10. Lee Morgan – Twice Around, Blue Note
11. Miles Davis – Stella By Starlight, Columbia
12. Cannonball Adderley – Straight, No Chaser, Jazz Wax Records

Jimmy Smith

Born James Oscar Smith and originally a pianist, Smith switched to organ in 1953 after hearing Wild Bill Davis. He purchased his first Hammond organ, rented a warehouse to practice in and emerged after little more than a year with an exciting new sound which was to completely revolutionize the way in which the instrument could be played. On hearing him playing in a Philadelphia club, Blue Note’s Alfred Lion immediately signed him to the label and with his second album, also known as The Champ, quickly established Smith as a new star on the jazz scene. He was a prolific recording artist and as a leader, recorded around 40 sessions for Blue Note in just 8 years beginning in 1956. His most notable albums from this period include The Sermon!, House Party, Home Cookin’ , Midnight Special, Back at the Chicken Shack and Prayer Meetin’ .

Smith then signed to Verve Records label in 1962. His first album Bashin’, sold well and for the first time set Smith with a big band, led by Oliver Nelson. Further big band collaborations followed, most successfully with Lalo Schifrin for The Cat and guitarist Wes Montgomery, with whom he recorded two albums: The Dynamic Duo and Further Adventures Of Jimmy and Wes. Other notable albums from this period include Blue Bash and Organ Grinder’s Swing with Kenny Burrell, The Boss with George Benson, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Got My Mojo Working, and the funky Root Down.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Smith recorded with some of the great jazz musicians of the day such as Kenny Burrell, George Benson, Grant Green, Stanley Turrentine, Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Grady Tate and Donald Bailey. In the 1970s, Smith opened his own supper club in Los Angeles, California and played there regularly. With guitarist Paul C. Saenz, Larry Paxton, on drums, Freddy Garcia, on saxophone.

Smith had a career revival in the 1980s and 1990s, again recording for Blue Note and Verve, and for Milestone and Elektra. Smith also recorded with other artists including Quincy Jones/Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Joey DeFrancesco. His last major album Dot Com Blues (Blue Thumb, 2000), featured many special guests such as Dr. John, B. B. King and Etta James.

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Records:

1. Jimmy Smith – I Got A Woman, Metro
2. Jimmy Smith – Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf(pt.1&2), Verve
3. Jimmy Smith – Sonnymoon for two, Blue Note
4. Jimmy Smith – Some of my best friends are blues, Metro
5. Jimmy Smith – Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Verve
6. Jimmy Smith – Caravan, Blue Note
7. Jimmy Smith – Off the top, Elektra Records
8. Jimmy Smith – Dancin on the ceiling, Guest Star Records