| A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One | ||||
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | February 11 & 13, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Manhattan Towers, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:02 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| Singles from A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One | ||||
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A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note label. [1]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars out of 5. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Falling in Love With Love" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 12:09 |
| 2. | "How High the Moon" | Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis | 6:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Funk's Oats" | Jimmy Smith | 15:53 |
Vertigo is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1962 and 1963 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980. The original 1980 release contained only the five tracks from 1963, while the later 2000 limited CD edition, released as part of the "Connoisseur Series", added six tracks from a 1962 session originally marked for release as Jackie McLean Quintet, first issued in 1978 as part of a double LP entitled Hipnosis.
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Pretty Things is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label featuring Donaldson with Blue Mitchell, Leon Spencer, Ted Dunbar, and Idris Muhammad and one track with Lonnie Smith and Melvin Sparks replacing Spencer & Dunbar and Jimmy Lewis added.
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Mustang! is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Sonny Red, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Walter Booker, and Freddie Waits recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label in 1967 as BLP 4238. The CD reissue included two bonus tracks recorded in 1964.
Blackjack is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Sonny Red, Hank Mobley, Cedar Walton, Walter Booker, and Billy Higgins recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4259. The CD reissue included one bonus track recorded in 1963. The title track was sampled by Gang Starr & Dream Warriors in their 1991 collaboration "I've Lost My Ignorance".
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Art Blakey Big Band is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Bethlehem label. It differs from typical Art Blakey releases as his regular quintet was expanded to form a big band for these arrangements.
