Open House (album)
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Released | January 1968 | |||
Recorded | March 22, 1960 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:03 | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84269 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Open House is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1960, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1968.[1] The album didn't appear on CD until being reissued in 1992, as a twofer which also included Plain Talk, compiling all the recordings from the session.
Reception
[edit]The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a fast-paced studio jam session".[2]
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Track listing
[edit]- "Open House" (Jimmy Smith) – 16:15
- "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) – 4:49
- "Sista Rebecca" (Smith) – 10:54
- "Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 6:05
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Quentin Warren – guitar
- Donald Bailey – drums
Additional musicians
[edit]- Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1, 3)
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4; feature track 4)
- Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 3; feature track 2)
Technical
[edit]- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
References
[edit]- ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 25, 2010
- ^ a b Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2010