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| 1. Dark Eyes (Live) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2002 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Groovin' At Smalls (Live) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2002 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. Talk |
| 4. A Night In Tunisia (Live) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2002 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. Cool Blues (Live) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2002 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. What's New (Live) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2002 Digital Remaster) |
| 7. Small's Minor (Live) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2002 Digital Remaster) |
| 8. Once In A While (Live) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2002 Digital Remaster) |
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I bought this album for a musician friend of mine last Christmas after hearing a few excerpts in Barnes and Noble. The other day browsing in Tower, I saw it on sale and bought it for myself.
My god, what an outing. I've always been a big fan of Smith's work, especially the albums with Wes Montgomery, but this is even more impressive. His playing is inspired, and the room he gives his fellow soloists is beyond generous. To me the real surprise is the impressive guitar work of Eddie McFadden. Considering this was 1958, Eddie's playing was far ahead of the time, especially his fleet fingered lines on "Groovin at Smalls", and Parker's "Cool Blues". Makes me wonder why he never got his just due from the jazz guitar establishment. The other player who really caught my attention was Tina Brooks. Beautiful tone and phrasing. Lou Donaldson also was in exceptionally fine form. And the drumming of both Blakey and Bailey is always on the money.
By J H Murphy
Format:Audio CD
I've had the chance to see Jimmy Smith in person at his supper club in the 1970s. A long way from Small's Paradise, where this was recorded live, but I can imagine it. No real disappointments on this album - listening to Groovin' at Small's as I write this. A Night In Tunisia is everything the other reviews say. Note that the recording is probably much improved, but this is a live recording, there are background noises and imperfections, so perhaps it should be 4-1/2 stars. But the music gets five in my book.
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First of all, this is not the blues. Cool Blues is a song by Charlie Parker. This is bop oriented straight ahead Jazz. This is Jimmy Smith at the beginning. Live at Small's Paradise in Harlem, circa 1958. This is a period piece. If you want to know what live Jazz sounded like in the 50's, this is it. 24-bit remastered, the sound is real clear. I'm sure that live albums of that time were not that great with the equipment they had. So this is a miraculous digital treat. Four songs are over 11 minutes long. A Night In Tunisia is 18 minutes alone. Art Blakey driving on drums for half the disc. Lou Donaldson on Alto. Tina Brooks, who I'd never heard of on Tenor. The liner notes say this is one of the rare appearances of this person, so the disc is a historical record of his playing, and he plays very well here. Organ, Tenor, Alto, Guitar, Drums. Five uptempo and 2 ballads. Jimmy is phenomenal, of course, and the rest are real pros. Everyone stretches out and plays. Smith sits back on most of the songs and lets the other guys play, which surprised me and was interesting. Of course, he gets his licks in plenty. Great Jazz. 24-bit digital. 72 minutes of music. Of course, buy this disc. Who wouldn't? Nothing else to say. It's that great.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Kind of [Cool] Blue[s]
One of those recordings you fall in love with on first hearing. Not every organ-grinding disc of this music has to type-cast the "burnin'" B-3 into the oft-associated... Read more
Published on Oct 31 2002 by Majok
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the hottest nights in Tunisia ever !
This live recording of Jimmy Smith (born 1926) was recorded on April 7,1958 at Small's Paradise,NYC.In 1980,four tracks were first issued on Blue Note. Read more
Published on Mar 23 2002 by JEAN-MARIE JUIF
3.0 out of 5 stars
definitely not blues
My first exposure to Jimmy smith was very late - dot com Blues. As a blues musician, I love this album. Read more
Published on Feb 26 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just an amazing jam!
Anyone coming to "Cool Blues" from the direction of "Dot Com Blues" might not recognise the artist as the same one that appears on this album. Fear not! Read more
Published on Feb 6 2002 by Dr.D.Treharne
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