The Very Best of Jimmy Smith

Tracklist

• 1
  Beggar for the Blues
  7:28
• 2
  In a Mellow Tone
  4:24
• 3
  Walk on the Wild Side
  5:55
• 4
  Step Right Up
  4:13
• 5
  Blueberry Hill
  4:53
• 6
  Bashin'
  6:13
• 7
  Meditation
  3:03
• 8
  I'm an Old Cowhand
  6:07
• 9
  Ol' Man River
  3:56
• 10
  Trouble in Mind
  4:21
• 11
  The Preacher
  6:12
• 12
  Walk Right In
  3:29
• 13
  I Can't Stop Loving You
  4:28
• 14
  You Came a Long Way From St. Louis
  4:20
• 15
  The Ape Woman
  3:21
• 16
  Them From "Any Number Can Win"
  2:11
• 17
  Ruby
  2:20
• 18
  Tubs
  2:48
• 19
  Blues for C.A.
  3:43
• 20
  G'Won Train
  4:21
• 21
  Georgia on My Mind
  2:28
• 22
  What'd I Say
  2:52
• 23
  The Sermon
  7:42
• 24
  Blue Bash
  5:07
• 25
  Travelin'

  Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith
  5:29
• 26
  Fever

  Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith
  5:35
• 27
  Blues for Del

  Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith
  6:16
• 28
  I Got a Woman
  8:01
• 29
  Hobo Flats
  4:38
• 30
  Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey
  6:35
• 31
  The Champ
  6:44
• 32
  Theme From 'Joy House'
  4:38
• 33
  Soft Winds

  Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith
  5:44
• 34
  Kenny's Sound

  Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith
  4:22
• 35
  The Cat
  3:21
• 36
  Easy Living

  Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith
  2:56
• 37
  If I Were a Bell

  Jimmy Smith Trio
  9:03
• 38
  Basin Street Blues
  4:01
• 39
  Main Title From 'The Carpetbaggers'
  3:55
• 40
  Chicago Serenade
  3:53
• 41
  St. Louis Blues
  3:19
• 42
  Blues in the Night
  4:43
• 43
  Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
  7:07
• 44
  Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  4:58
• 45
  Women of the World
  5:47
• 46
  Wives and Lovers
  3:18
• 47
  Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  4:27
• 48
  John Brown's Body
  5:14
• 49
  Delon's Blues
  4:47
• 50
  Bluesette
  3:41
• 51
  Baby It's Cold Outside

  Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery
  5:57
• 52
  We Three Kings
  3:44
• 53
  The Christmas Song
  4:31
• 54
  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  6:03
• 55
  Jingle Bells
  3:11
• 56
  White Christmas
  2:50
• 57
  Silent Night
  4:02
• 58
  Santa Clause Is Coming to Town
  5:22

More by Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith’s Finest Hour

Jimmy Smith’s Finest Hour 2000

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

Release credits

• Al Cohn
  tenor saxophone [5, 10-13, 29]
• Alfred Lion
  producer [30]
• Art Davis
  double bass [53, 56]
• Arthur Clarke
  tenor saxophone [2, 4, 9]
• Artie Marotti
  percussion [16-17]
• Babe Clark
  alto saxophone [9], flute [9]
• Barry Galbraith
  guitar [2, 4, 9]
• Bernie Glow
  trumpet [35, 39-40, 42, 49, 53, 56]
• Bill Corea
  French horn [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Bill Correa
  French horn [35, 42]
• Bill English
  drums (drum set) [26-27]
• Bill Hart
  drums (drum set) [55], membranophone [54, 58]
• Billy Byers
  arranger [53, 56], conductor [53, 56], trombone [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Billy Hart
  drums (drum set) [37]
• Billy Mure
  guitar [16-17]
• Bob Ashton
  tenor saxophone [2, 4, 9]
• Bob Bushnell
  electric bass guitar [16-17]
• Bob Simpson
  engineer [5, 10-13, 29]
• Bobby Donaldson
  drums (drum set) [16-17]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [2, 4, 9]
• Budd Johnson
  tenor saxophone [16-17]
• Buddy Lucas
  harmonica [29]
• Chauncey Welsch
  trombone [53, 56]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [5, 10-13, 29]
• Claus Ogerman
  arranger [43, 45-46]
• Creed Taylor
  engineer [37], producer [1-2, 4-6, 9-13, 25-27, 29, 33-37, 39-40, 42-43, 45-46, 48-49]
• Danny Bank
  baritone saxophone [5, 10-13, 29], flute [5, 10-13, 29]
• Danny Stiles
  trumpet [53, 56]
• Doc Severinsen
  trumpet [2, 4, 9]
• Don Butterfield
  tuba [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Don Corrado
  French horn [53, 56]
• Donald “Duck” Bailey
  drums (drum set) [1, 6, 30]
• Earl Chapin
  French horn [35, 39-40, 42, 49, 53, 56]
• Ed Shaughnessy
  drums (drum set) [2, 4, 9], percussion [9]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [2, 4-5, 9-13, 29, 35, 39-40, 42-44, 47, 49, 53, 56]
• George Barrow
  baritone saxophone [2, 4, 9], flute [9], tenor saxophone [9]
• George Devens
  percussion [53, 56]
• George Dorsey
  alto saxophone [5, 10-13, 29], flute [5, 10-13, 29]
• George Duvivier
  bass [35, 39-40, 42, 49], bass guitar [9, 23, 42], double bass [2, 4, 9, 11, 13, 29, 33-34, 36]
• Grady Tate
  drums (drum set) [35, 39-40, 42, 49, 51, 53, 56]
• Harvey Philips
  tuba [53, 56]
• Jerome Richardson
  reeds [43-44, 47], saxophone [16-17]
• Jerry Dodgion
  alto saxophone [2, 4, 9], flute [9], tenor saxophone [9]
• Jim Buffington
  French horn [35, 39-40, 42, 49, 53, 56]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [2, 4-5, 9-13, 29, 35, 39-40, 42, 49, 53, 56]
• Jimmy Johnson
  drums (drum set) [5, 10, 12]
• Jimmy Maxwell
  trumpet [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Jimmy Sedlar
  trumpet [16-17]
• Jimmy Smith
  Hammond organ [37, 51], arranger [48, 54-55, 58], organ [1-2, 4-7, 9-12, 12-13, 13, 16-17, 22-23, 25-30, 33-37, 39-40, 42-43, 45-46, 48-49, 53-56, 58], performer [5, 26]
• Joe Newman
  flugelhorn [53, 56], solo [2], trumpet [2, 4-5, 9-13, 16-17, 29]
• Joe Wilder
  trumpet [2, 4, 9, 53, 56]
• Kenny Burrell
  guitar [16-17, 23, 25-27, 33-36, 39-40, 42-44, 47, 49, 53, 56]
• Lalo Schifrin
  arranger [35, 39-40, 42, 49], conductor [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Margret Ross
  harp [53, 56]
• Marky Markowitz
  trumpet [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Mel Lewis
  drums (drum set) [23, 25, 33-34, 36]
• Milt Hinton
  double bass [2, 4-5, 9-10, 12, 16-17, 26-27]
• Morris Secon
  French horn [53, 56]
• Oliver Nelson
  arranger [2, 4-5, 9-13, 29, 43, 45-46], conductor [2, 4-5, 9, 9-13, 29]
• Oliver Nelson’s Orchestra
  performing orchestra [9, 29]
• Paul Faulise
  bass trombone [53, 56]
• Phil Kraus
  percussion [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [2, 4-5, 9, 9-13, 29, 35, 42], flute [9], reeds [43-44, 47], solo [9], tenor saxophone [9]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [5, 10-13, 29]
• Quentin Warren
  guitar [1, 6, 37, 54-55, 58]
• Ray Alonge
  French horn [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Ray Barretto
  congas [51]
• Ray Hall
  engineer [5, 10-13, 29]
• Richard Davis
  double bass [51]
• Robert Ashton
  flute [9], tenor saxophone [9]
• Romeo Penque
  reeds [43-44, 47]
• Rudy van Gelder
  engineer [1-2, 4, 6, 9, 35, 39-40, 42, 49, 53-56, 58], recording [30, 43, 45-46, 48]
• Snooky Young
  trumpet [35, 39-40, 42-44, 47, 49]
• Sol Schlinger
  baritone saxophone [43-44, 47]
• Thad Jones
  trumpet [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Thornel Schwartz
  guitar [30]
• Tom Mitchell
  bass trombone [2, 4-5, 9, 9-13, 29, 53, 56]
• Tony Studd
  bass trombone [35, 39-40, 42, 49]
• Urbie Green
  trombone [2, 4-5, 9-13, 29, 35, 39-40, 42-44, 47, 49]
• Val Valentin
  engineer [5, 10-13, 29]
• Vinnie Bell
  guitar [16-17]
• Wes Montgomery
  guitar [51]
• Willie Rodriguez
  drums (drum set) [11, 13, 29]
• Zoot Sims
  tenor saxophone [5, 10-13, 29]
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  The Very Best of Jimmy Smith

  Digital Media
  8 March 2021