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Jimmy Smith discography

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Jimmy Smith discography

This is a discography of American jazz organist Jimmy Smith (1928–2005).[1][2][3]

Discography

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As leader/co-leader

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Blue Note years (1956–1963)

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Year released Label Catalogue Title Recording date Notes
1956 Blue Note BLP 1512 A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1 1956-02-18
1956 Blue Note BLP 1514 A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2 1956-03-27 AKA The Champ
1956 Blue Note BLP 1525 Jimmy Smith at the Organ 1956-06-17, -18 AKA The Incredible Jimmy Smith, Vol. 3
1956 Blue Note BLP 1528 At Club Baby Grand, Volume 1 1956-08-04 Live
BLP 1529 At Club Baby Grand, Volume 2
1957 Blue Note BLP 1547 A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume One 1957-02-11, -12, -13
BLP 1548 A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume Two
1957 Blue Note BLP 1551 Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 1 1957-02-12, -13
BLP 1552 Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 2
1957 Blue Note BLP 1556 The Sounds of Jimmy Smith 1957-02-11, -12, -13
1957 Blue Note BLP 1563 Plays Pretty Just for You 1957-05-08
1958 Blue Note BLP 1585 Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volume 1 1957-11-15 Live
BLP 1586 Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volume 2
1958 Blue Note BLP 4002 House Party 1957-08-25, 1958-02-25
1959 Blue Note BLP 4011 The Sermon! 1957-08,

1958-02

1960 Blue Note BLP 4030 Crazy! Baby 1960-01
1961 Blue Note BLP 4050 Home Cookin' 1958-07,

1959–05, 1959-07

1961 Blue Note BLP 4078 Midnight Special 1960-04
1962 Blue Note BLP 4100 Plays Fats Waller 1962-01
1963 Blue Note BLP 4117 Back at the Chicken Shack 1960-04
1963 Blue Note BLP 4141 Rockin' the Boat 1963-02
1964 Blue Note BLP 4164 Prayer Meetin' 1963-02
1965 Blue Note BLP 4200 Softly as a Summer Breeze 1958-02
1966 Blue Note BLP 4235 Bucket! 1963-02
1967 Blue Note BLP 4255 I'm Movin' On 1963-01
1968 Blue Note BST 4269 Open House 1960-03
1968 Blue Note BST 4296 Plain Talk 1960-03

Verve years (1962–1968; 1971–1973)

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Year released Label Catalogue Title Recording date Notes
1962 Verve V-8474 Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith 1962-03
1963 Verve V-8544 Hobo Flats 1963-03
1963 Verve Live at the Village Gate 1963-05 Live
1963 Verve V-8552 Any Number Can Win 1963-07
1963 Verve V-8553 Blue Bash! 1963-07 Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith
1964 Verve V-8583 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1964-01
1964 Verve V-8587 The Cat 1964-04
1964 Verve V-8604 Christmas '64 1964-04,

1964-09

1965 Verve V-8618 Monster 1965-01
1965 Verve La metamorphose des cloportes 1965-06
1965 Verve V-8628 Organ Grinder Swing 1965-06
1965 Verve (Germany) In Hamburg – Live! 1965? Live
1966 Verve V-8641 Got My Mojo Workin' 1965-12
1966 Verve V-8652 Peter & the Wolf 1966-05
1966 Verve V-8666 Christmas Cookin' 1964-04,

1964-09

reissue of V-8604
1966 Verve V-8663 Hoochie Coochie Man 1966-06
1966 Verve V-8678 Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo 1966-09 with Wes Montgomery
1967 Verve V-8705 Respect 1967-06
1968 Verve V-8745 Stay Loose 1968-01
1968 Verve V-8750 Livin' It Up! 1968-05
1968 Verve V6-8766 Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes 1966-09 with Wes Montgomery
1968 Verve V6-8770 The Boss 1968 Live
1970 Verve V6-8794 Groove Drops 1968-11
1971 Verve V6-8800 In a Plain Brown Wrapper 1971-07?
1972 Verve V6-8806 Root Down 1972-02 Live
1972 Verve V6-8809 Bluesmith 1972-09
1973 Verve V6S-8832 Portuguese Soul 1973-02

Other

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Year released Label Title Recording date Notes
1966 Metro Live in Concert 1965-05 Live
1966 Pickwick Swings Along with Stranger in Paradise 1966?
1970 MGM I'm Gon' Git Myself Together 1970-02
1970 MGM The Other Side of Jimmy Smith 1970-08
1972 Cobblestone/Atlantic The Jimmy Smith Jam 1972-07 Live. Newport In New York '72 series Vol.5.
1974 MGM/Pride Black Smith 1974
1974 Mojo Paid in Full 1974
1974 Isradisc Live In Israel 1974-10? Live. Israel only release.
1975 Mojo Jimmy Smith '75 1974-10,

additional

partially live in Israel
1977 Mercury Sit on It! 1976-12
1977 Mercury It's Necessary 1977-07 Live
1978 Mercury Unfinished Business 1978-01
1979 Polydor Jimmy Smith Plays For The People 1978-12 South Africa only release
1980 Wersi The Cat Strikes Again 1980-07
1981 Mojo Second Coming 1981
1982 Elektra/Musician Off the Top 1982-06
1983 Elektra/Musician Keep On Comin' 1983-09 Live
1986 Blue Note Go for Whatcha Know 1986-01
1989 Milestone Prime Time 1989-08
1991 Milestone Fourmost with Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate 1990-11 Live
1996 Milestone All the Way Live with Eddie Harris 1981-08 Live
2001 Milestone Fourmost Return 1990-11 Liive
1993 Milestone Sum Serious Blues 1993-01
1994 Blue Note The Master 1993-12 Live
1994 Blue Note The Master II 1993-12 Live
1995 Verve Damn! 1995-01
1996 Verve Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams 1995-01
2000 Verve/Blue Thumb Dot Com Blues 2000-02,

2000–03, 2000–04, 2000-06

2002 West Wind Daybreak

also released as The Cat Swings Again (Jazz Hour, 2003), Black Cat (Castle Pie, 2004)

1999-10,

2001-04

Partially live (1999-10)
1979 Blue Note Confirmation 1957-08,

1958-02

LT series
1980 Blue Note Cool Blues 1958-04 LT series. Live.
1981 Blue Note On the Sunny Side 1957-08,

1958–07, 1959–06, 1960-04

LT series
1984 Blue Note Special Guests 1957-08,

1960–06, 1963-01

1985 Blue Note Jimmy Smith Trio + LD with Lou Donaldson 1957-07 Japan only release
1996 Blue Note Cherokee 1957-05,

1957-07

1996 Blue Note Lonesome Road 1957-11
1998 Blue Note Standards 1957-08,

1958–07, 1959-05

1999 Blue Note Six Views of the Blues 1958-07
2007 Blue Note Straight Life 1961-06

Compilations

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  • The Best of Jimmy Smith (V-8721) (Verve, 1967)
  • The Fantastic Jimmy Smith (Upfront, 1969) – rec. 1956–66
  • The History of Jimmy Smith (2V6S-8814) (Verve, 1972) (2LP)
  • The Best of Jimmy Smith – The Blue Note Years (Blue Note, 1988)
  • Walk on the Wild Side – Best of the Verve Years (Verve, 1995)[2CD]
  • Milestone Profiles (Milestone, 2006)
  • Definitive Collection (Verve, 2008)

As sideman

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  • Get Ready (Atco, 1970)
  • Everybody's Talkin (Atco, 1972)
  • Incredible! (Concord Jazz, 2000)
  • Legacy (Concord Jazz, 2005)

With others

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References

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  1. ^ "Jimmy Smith Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ "Jimmy Smith Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (7th ed.). Penguin. pp. 1471–1473. ISBN 978-0141014166.
  4. ^ "Newport In New York '72 (The Complete Six Record Set, Vols 1-6) (1972, Monarch Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Various - One Night With Blue Note Volume 3". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.