Jimmy Smith
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Jimmy Smith |
| “A-list” |
#1  1956 [9, 40:04] Jimmy Smith - A New Sound… A New Star… Jimmy Smith At The Organ, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP-1512) studio • new music |
#2  1956 [7, 40:29] Jimmy Smith - A New Sound - A New Star: Jimmy Smith At The Organ (Blue Note BLP-1514) studio • new music |
#3  1956 [7, 37:46] Jimmy Smith - The Incredible Jimmy Smith At The Organ (Blue Note BLP-1525) studio • new music |
#4  1957 [4, 40:53] Jimmy Smith - The Incredible Jimmy Smith At Club “Baby Grand” Wilmington, Delaware [i] (Blue Note BLP-1528) live • new music |
#5  1957 [4, 40:24] Jimmy Smith - The Incredible Jimmy Smith At Club “Baby Grand” Wilmington, Delaware [ii] (Blue Note BLP-1529) live • new music |
#6  1957 [3, 34:02] Jimmy Smith - A Date With Jimmy Smith, Volume One (Blue Note BLP-1547) studio mini • new music |
#7  1957 [8, 41:30] Jimmy Smith - Plays Pretty Just For You (Blue Note BLP-1563) studio • new music |
#8  1957 [3, 27:10] Jimmy Smith - A Date With Jimmy Smith, Volume Two (Blue Note BLP-1548) studio mini • new music |
#9  1958 [4, 35:53] Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith At The Organ, Volume One (Blue Note BLP-1551) studio mini • new music |
#10  1958 [4, 33:25] Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith At The Organ, Volume Two (Blue Note BLP-1552) studio mini • new music |
#11  1958 [4, 39:28] Jimmy Smith - Groovin’ At Smalls’ Paradise Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP-1585) live mini • new music |
#12  1958 [5, 47:36] Jimmy Smith - Groovin’ At Smalls’ Paradise Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP-1586) live • new music |
#13  1959 [6, 38:50] Jimmy Smith - The Sounds Of Jimmy Smith (Blue Note BLP-1556) studio • new music |
#14  1959 [3, 40:10] Jimmy Smith - The Sermon! (Blue Note BLP-4011) studio • new music |
#15  1960 [7, 39:08] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Crazy! Baby (Blue Note BLP-4030) studio • new music |
#16  1961 [7, 39:37] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin’ (Blue Note BLP-4050) studio • new music |
#17  1961 [5, 36:43] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special (Blue Note BLP-4078) studio • new music |
#18  1962 [7, 38:30] The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith - Bashin’ (Verve Records V6-8474) studio • new music |
#19  1962 [7, 34:55] Jimmy Smith - Plays Fats Waller (Blue Note BLP-4100) studio • new music |
#20  1963 [4, 37:50] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack (Blue Note BLP-4117) studio mini • new music  “Terrible” Jazz |
#21  1963 [7, 31:26] Jimmy Smith - Hobo Flats (Verve Records V6-8544) studio • new music |
#22  1963 [7, 38:29] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Rockin’ The Boat (Blue Note BLP-4141) studio • new music |
#23  1963 [10, 36:03] Jimmy Smith - Any Number Can Win (Verve Records V6-8552) studio • new music |
#24  1963 [7, 34:49] Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith - Blue Bash! (Verve Records V6-8553) studio collaboration • new music |
#25  1964 [7, 35:06] Jimmy Smith - Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Verve Records V6-8583) studio • new music |
#26  1964 [6, 39:16] Jimmy Smith with Stanley Turrentine - Prayer Meetin’ (Blue Note BLP-4164) studio collaboration • new music |
#27  1964 [8, 32:44] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - The Cat (Verve Records V6-8587) studio • new music |
#28  1964 [8, 34:23] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Christmas ’64 (Verve Records V6-8604) studio • new music |
#29  1965 [9, 39:19] The Incredible Jimmy Smith, arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson - Monster (Verve Records V6-8618) studio collaboration • new music |
#30  1965 [11, 39:40] Jimmy Smith - La Métamorphose Des Cloportes (Verve Records 511 102) studio • new music • film soundtrack |
#31  1965 [6, 36:41] The Incredible Jimmy Smith featuring Kenny Burrell and Grady Tate - Organ Grinder Swing (Verve Records V6-8628) studio collaboration • new music |
#32  1966 [4, 28:32] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Live In Concert (Metro Records M-568) live mini • new music |
#33  1966 [8, 38:03] The Incredible Jimmy Smith, arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson - Got My Mojo Workin’ (Verve Records V6-8641) studio collaboration • new music |
#34  1966 [6, 34:12] Jimmy Smith - Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve Records V6-8667) studio • new music |
#35  1966 [7, 34:30] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Bucket! (Blue Note BLP-4235) studio • new music |
#36  1966 [5, 36:28] Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - Jimmy And Wes: The Dynamic Duo (Verve Records V6-8678) studio collaboration • new music |
#37  1966 [6, 32:33] The Incredible Jimmy Smith, arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson - Peter And The Wolf (Verve Records V6-8652) studio collaboration • new music |
#38  1967 [6, 36:58] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - I’m Movin’ On (Blue Note BLP-4255) studio • new music |
#39  1967 [5, 31:35] Jimmy Smith - Respect (Verve Records V6-8705) studio • new music |
#40  1968 [7, 36:47] Jimmy Smith - Stay Loose… Jimmy Smith Sings Again (Verve Records V6-8745) studio • new music |
#41  1968 [9, 36:48] Jimmy Smith - Livin’ It Up (Verve Records V6-8750) studio • new music |
#42  1969 [6, 31:35] Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - Further Adventures Of Jimmy And Wes (Verve Records V6-8766) studio collaboration • new music |
#43  1969 [4, 38:21] Jimmy Smith - Plain Talk (Blue Note BST-84296) studio mini • compilation |
#44  1969 [5, 42:34] Jimmy Smith - The Boss (Verve Records V6-8770) live • new music |
#45  1970 [6, 30:55] Jimmy Smith - Groove Drops (Verve Records V6-8794) studio • new music |
#46  1970 [10, 37:56] Jimmy Smith - The Other Side Of Jimmy Smith (MGM Records SE-4709) studio • new music |
#47  1971 [8, 41:12] Jimmy Smith - I’m Gonna Git Myself Together (MGM Records SE-4751) studio • new music |
#48  1971 [8, 41:50] Jimmy Smith - In A Plain Brown Wrapper (Verve Records V6-8800) studio • new music |
#49  1972 [6, 41:03] Jimmy Smith - Root Down - Jimmy Smith Live! (Verve Records V6-8806) studio • new music |
#50  1972 [6, 42:41] Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith (Verve Records V6-8809) studio • new music |
#51  1973 [6, 38:56] Jimmy Smith - Portuguese Soul (Verve Records V6-8832) studio • new music |
#52  1974 [4, 33:53] Jimmy Smith - Paid In Full (Mojo Records MJ-12828) studio mini • new music |
#53  1974 [9, 44:01] Jimmy Smith - Black Smith (Pride PD-6011) studio • new music / reworkings |
#54  1977 [6, 38:44] Jimmy Smith - Sit On It! (Mercury SRM-1-1127) studio • new music |
#55  1977 [7, 40:42] Jimmy Smith - It’s Necessary (Mercury SRM-1-1189) studio • new music |
#56  1978 [7, 38:48] Jimmy Smith - Unfinished Business (Mercury SRM-1-3716) studio • new music |
#57  1980 [9, 47:03] Jimmy Smith - The Cat Strikes Again (Wersi SLP-128) studio • new music |
#58  1981 [8, 42:35] Jimmy Smith - On The Sunny Side (Blue Note LT-1092) studio • compilation |
#59  1982 [7, 39:21] Jimmy Smith featuring George Benson, Ron Carter, Grady Tate and Stanley Turrentine - Off The Top (Elektra Musician 60175) studio collaboration • new music |
#60  1983 [5, 40:55] Jimmy Smith - Keep On Comin’ (Elektra Musician 60301) live • new music |
#61  1986 [6, 35:54] Jimmy Smith - Go For Watcha Know (Blue Note BT-85125) studio • new music |
#62  1989 [8, 54:38] Jimmy Smith - Prime Time (Milestone M-9176) studio • new music |
#63  1993 [8, 58:47] Jimmy Smith - Sum Serious Blues (Milestone MCD-9207) studio • new music |
#64  1995 [9, 62:48] Jimmy Smith - Damn! (Verve Records 314 527 631-2) studio • new music |
#65  1996 [9, 47:12] Jimmy Smith - Angel Eyes: Ballads And Slow Jams (Verve Records 7 31452 76322 8) studio • new music / reworkings |
#66  2001 [11, 60:28] Jimmy Smith - Dot Com Blues (Blue Thumb Records 314 543 978-2) studio • new music |
 16-Nov-2015 The end. Died 2005, aged 79. Well that was a job and a half. Key points to note for discographers would be that there were quite a few occasions where the chronological release order of the Blue Note and Verve LPs didn’t follow the catalogue number, for whatever reason. One of the features of Jimmy’s catalogue was that whole sessions would often be released many years after the event. It was impossible to ascertain whether these were intended as whole albums when they were originally recorded and I wasn’t about to start guessing. I decided therefore to automatically label every album that was issued more than 5 years after the recording dates as a compilation. It’s possible that this could rule out an album which may otherwise have been included in the “A-list” (under the “original intent” rule). As a kind of balance to this, I gave the artist the benefit of extending the 3 year guideline to 5 years (re the limit from recording to release date), thereby giving his prolific works every chance to be included in the “A-list”. I worked extremely hard to find the accurate release dates, but there are instances where best-educated guess had to come into play. Overall, I’m very happy with the end result as this was a very challenging task. |
| “B-list” |
 1959 [4, 43:30] Jimmy Smith - House Party (Blue Note BLP-4002) studio • reworkings / new music |
 1963 [10, ??:??] Don Gardner Trio featuring Jimmy Smith and Bill Davis - Don Gardner Trio Featuring Jimmy Smith And Bill Davis (Crown Records CLP-5355) studio collaboration • compilation |
 1965 [10, ??:??] Jimmy Smith and Dave "Baby" Cortez - Organ Greats (Design Records DLP-203) studio split • compilation |
 1965 [4, 30:26] The Amazing Jimmy Smith Trio - Live At The Village Gate (Metro Records M-521) live mini • reworkings / new music |
 1965 [6, 36:55] The Incredible Jimmy Smith with Kenny Burrell and Philly Joe Jones - Softly As A Summer Breeze (Blue Note BLP-4200) studio collaboration • compilation |
 1965 [6, 34:10] Jimmy Smith - In Hamburg - Live (Verve Records 711 058) live • new music / reworkings |
 1966 [10, 27:58] Jimmy Smith - Swings Along With Stranger In Paradise (Pickwick PC-3023) studio • compilation |
 1968 [4, 38:03] The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Open House (Blue Note BST-84269) studio mini • compilation |
 1969 [10, ??:??] The Exciting Jimmy Smith With The Don Gardner Trio - The Exciting Jimmy Smith With The Don Gardner Trio (Custom Records CS-1030) studio collaboration • compilation |
 1969 [10, 28:47] Jimmy Smith - The Fantastic Jimmy Smith (UpFront Records UPF-121) studio • compilation |
 1970 [10, ??:??] Jimmy Smith / Dave "Baby" Cortez - Starring Jimmy Smith / Also Starring Dave “Baby” Cortez (Deacon Records DEA-1021) studio split • compilation |
 1971 [8, 39:18] Jimmy Smith - Live In Israel (Isradisc SI-31066) live • new music / reworkings |
 1972 [2, 33:04] Jimmy Smith, Zoot Sims, Kenny Burrell, Clark Terry, B.B. King, Illinois Jacquet, Roy Haynes and Joe Newman - Newport In New York ’72: The Jimmy Smith Jam, Vol. 5 (Atlantic ATL-40449) live collaboration mini • reworkings / new music |
 1975 [10, 43:05] Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith ’75 (Mojo Records MJ-12829) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1979 [3, 46:04] Jimmy Smith - Confirmation (Blue Note LT-992) studio • compilation |
 1980 [4, 51:01] Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues (Blue Note LT-1054) live |
 1981 [7, ??:??] Jimmy Smith - Second Coming (Mojo Records MJ-12830) studio • reworkings / new music |
 1981 [7, ??:??] Yoshiaki Miyanoue with Special Guest Jimmy Smith - Touch Of Love (Vap 30016-28) studio collaboration • new music / reworkings |
 1985 [7, 45:26] Jimmy Smith Trio + LD - Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (Blue Note BNJ-61013) studio collaboration • compilation |
 1991 [7, 54:39] Jimmy Smith - Fourmost (Milestone M-9184) live • new music / reworkings |
 1994 [9, 49:12] Jimmy Smith Trio featuring Kenny Burrell - The Master (Blue Note 7243 8 30451 2 9) live collaboration • reworkings / new music |
 1994 [6, 42:55] Jimmy Smith Trio featuring Kenny Burrell - The Master II (Blue Note 7243 8 55466 2) live collaboration • reworkings / new music |
 1996 [6, 58:07] Jimmy Smith and Eddie Harris - All The Way Live (Milestone MCD-9521-2) live collaboration // |
 1999 [6, 45:53] Jimmy Smith - Six Views Of The Blues (Blue Note 7243 5 21435 2 8) //studio • compilation |
 2000 [6, 66:21] Joey DeFrancesco with special guest Jimmy Smith - Incredible! (Concord Jazz CCD-4890-2) live collaboration • new music / reworkings |
 2001 [7, 47:08] Jimmy Smith - Fourmost Return (Milestone MCD-9311) live |
 2003 [12, 57:09] Jimmy Smith, special guest Nestor Torres - The Cat Swings Again (IMC Music Ltd. JHR-73617) live / studio • new music / reworkings |
| 2005 [11, 74:55] Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith - Legacy (Concord Music Group CCD 22292) studio collaboration • new music |
| 2007 [10, 50:12] Jimmy Smith - Straight Life (Blue Note 0946 3 85192 2 5) studio • compilation |
| random list, no intention to be complete |
