Jimmy Smith’s Finest Hour

Tracklist

• 1
  Walk on the Wild Side
  5:57
• 2
  Ol' Man River
  3:59
• 3
  Organ Grinder's Swing
  2:16
• 4
  Got My Mojo Workin'
  8:02
• 5
  Hobo Flats
  4:46
• 6
  Blues for Del
  6:19
• 7
  The Cat
  3:26
• 8
  Blues in the Night
  4:48
• 9
  The Sermon
  7:43
• 10
  James and Wes
  8:14
• 11
  Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
  7:36

More by Jimmy Smith

Cool Blues

Cool Blues 1980

Root Down

Root Down 1972

Christmas Cookin’

Christmas Cookin’ 1964

The Cat

The Cat 1964

Back at the Chicken Shack

Back at the Chicken Shack 1963

Midnight Special

Midnight Special 1961

Release credits

• Al Cohn
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Arthur Clarke
  tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Babe Clark
  alto saxophone [2], flute [1-2], tenor saxophone [1]
• Barry Galbraith
  guitar [1-2]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [11]
• Bernie Glow
  trumpet [7-8]
• Bill Corea
  French horn [7-8]
• Bill Correa
  French horn [7-8]
• Bill English
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Billy Byers
  trombone [7-8]
• Bob Ashton
  tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Bob Simpson
  engineer [5]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [1-2]
• Buddy Lucas
  harmonica [5]
• Chema García Martínez
  liner notes
• Christian McBride
  bass [11]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [5]
• Creed Taylor
  producer [1-2, 5, 7-8]
• Danny Bank
  baritone saxophone [5], flute [5]
• Doc Severinsen
  trumpet [1-2]
• Don Butterfield
  tuba [7-8]
• Earl Chapin
  French horn [7-8]
• Ed Shaughnessy
  drums (drum set) [1, 1-2], percussion [1-2]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [1-2, 4-5, 7-8]
• George Barrow
  baritone saxophone [1, 1-2], flute [1-2], tenor saxophone [1-2]
• George Dorsey
  alto saxophone [5], flute [5]
• George Duvivier
  bass [7-8], bass guitar [2, 4, 8-9], double bass [1-2, 4-5]
• Grady Tate
  drums (drum set) [3-4, 7-8, 10]
• Jerome Richardson
  baritone saxophone [4]
• Jerry Dodgion
  alto saxophone [1, 1-2], flute [1-2], tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Jim Buffington
  French horn [7-8]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [1-2, 5, 7-8]
• Jimmy Maxwell
  trumpet [7-8]
• Jimmy Smith
  Hammond organ [1, 10], organ
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [1-2, 5]
• Joe Wilder
  trumpet [1-2]
• Kenny Burrell
  guitar [3-4, 6-9]
• Lalo Schifrin
  arranger [7-8], conductor [7-8]
• Mark Whitfield
  guitar [11]
• Marky Markowitz
  trumpet [7-8]
• Mel Lewis
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Milt Hinton
  bass guitar [6], double bass [1-2]
• Nicholas Payton
  trumpet [11]
• Oliver Nelson
  arranger [1-2, 4-5], conductor [1-2, 2, 4-5], orchestrator [1]
• Oliver Nelson’s Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-2, 5]
• Phil Kraus
  percussion [7-8]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [1, 1-2, 2, 4-5, 7-8], flute [1-2], solo [2], tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [5]
• Ray Alonge
  French horn [7-8]
• Ray Barretto
  congas [10]
• Ray Hall
  engineer [5]
• Robert Ashton
  flute [1-2], tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Romeo Penque
  tenor saxophone [4], woodwind [4]
• Roy Hargrove
  trumpet [11]
• Rudy van Gelder
  engineer [1-2, 7-8]
• Snooky Young
  trumpet [7-8]
• Thad Jones
  trumpet [7-8]
• Tom Mitchell
  bass trombone [1-2, 2, 5]
• Tony Studd
  bass trombone [7-8]
• Urbie Green
  trombone [1-2, 5, 7-8]
• Val Valentin
  engineer [5]
• Wes Montgomery
  guitar [10]
• Willie Rodriguez
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Zoot Sims
  tenor saxophone [5]
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Issues

• J
  Jimmy Smith’s Finest Hour

  CD
  13 June 2000
• 

  E
  El momento

  CD
  2007