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| 1. The Sermon (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. J.O.S. (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2000 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. Flamingo (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2000 Digital Remaster) |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
On Any Given Sunday,
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This review is from: Sermon! (Audio CD)
It's Sunday afternoon on the strip, and one club has become the magnet for musicians who today have no other jobs to report to. The B3 player starts it off with a medium-tempo blues in F, soon other guys show up, unpack their horns and take their individual turns on the stand--a guitarist, a tenor player, trumpet man, and an altoist. Scenes such as this were once commonplace, and "The Sermon" above all recalls a time when the music was looser and freer, less organized and protective, more communicative and human. The continuing popularity of Jimmy Smith's "Sermon" is, we can hope, not merely representative of a retro trend but testimony to the enduring power of music played "in the moment" by the combination of capable musicians and the most common of all denominators--the blues. Not that the performances are ordinary (though neither are they extraordinary). Kenny not only solos with economy but shows how to make guitar mesh with organ, Tina keeps it direct while hinting at formidable bebop chops held in reserve, Lee curtails technique and playfully accentuates the beat, Lou finishes up sounding like Cannonball. Meanwhile, Blakey just keeps laying down that unyielding backbeat and Jimmy constructs a solid bass-line foundation while using his right hand to pump the rhythm (often "doo-dot" on the first beat of the measure) and to create harmonic tensions (this blues man loves to raise the 11th of those dominant chords). Jimmy's accomplishment on this track has less to do with his virtuosity (in fact, there's little of it--even the registration bars remain the same, and Leslie effects are minimal) than his supplying the power and energy for the session. It just keeps building and building, mainly because Jimmy never stops coming. And like sermons of the morning variety, this late-Sunday variation is alternately spiritual and sensual, heady and earthy, climaxing in a cartharsis no less inspiring.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh Halleluiah The Sermon has arrived,
By "sranney22" (Austin TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sermon! (Audio CD)
There are three sides to this album, the bluesy, the hard core bop, and the ballad side. Jimmy Smith, one of my favorite jazz players, recorded so many jazz albums in his career. This is definitely my favorite. The very first opening statement made by Jimmy Smith on (the track) The Sermon is so smooth. Don't get me wrong, it's not at all a calm feeling you get but a real cool feeling. Jimmy's solos throughout this album are just incredible. Here you have some of the finest artist coming together creating such deep blues vibes. An awesome line up including Lee Morgan, trumpet, George Coleman(not to be mistaken with George Foreman) and Lou Donald on alto, Tina Brooks on tenor, Kenny Burrell and Eddie McFadden on guitar, and Art Blakey and Donald Bailey on drums. The Sermon, being twenty minutes, is definitely a marathon jam session, where every artist lays out what they got and cook and cook some more, and cook so much until its so hot it can't be touched. The way Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith just jam together it creates a sound that is hard not to move to. Lee's solos on here are just cookin'! His solo on The Sermon is just it! Into the nineteenth minute of this twenty minute song they start wrapping it up, when Lee bursts in blowin' like a mofo and starts cookin'hot than ever before. Lou, as the last soloist on The Sermon, adds a little somethin' at the end of his solo that you will just have to hear to be able to find out what it is. Again every soloist on this album are some of the finest swingers in jazz or as some of us like to call them cooks. This is just definitely an essential for any organ lover (or cook).
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh Halleluiah The Sermon has arrived,
By "sranney22" (Austin TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sermon! (Audio CD)
There are three sides to this album, the bluesy, the hard core bop, and the ballad side. Jimmy Smith, one of my favorite jazz players, recorded so many jazz albums in his career. This is definitely my favorite. The very first opening statement made by Jimmy Smith on (the track) The Sermon is so smooth. Don't get me wrong, it's not at all a calm feeling you get but a real cool feeling. Jimmy's solos throughout this album are just incredible. Here you have some of the finest artist coming together creating such deep blues vibes. An awesome line up including Lee Morgan, trumpet, George Coleman(not to be mistaken with George Foreman) and Lou Donald on alto, Tina Brooks on tenor, Kenny Burrell and Eddie McFadden on guitar, and Art Blakey and Donald Bailey on drums. The Sermon, being twenty minutes, is definitely a marathon jam session, where every artist lays out what they got and cook and cook some more, and cook so much until its so hot it can't be touched. The way Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith just jam together it creates a sound that is hard not to move to. Lee's solos on here are just cookin'! His solo on The Sermon is just it! Into the nineteenth minute of this twenty minute song they start wrapping it up, when Lee bursts in blowin' like a mofo and starts cookin'hot than ever before. This is just an essential for any organ lover (or cook).
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