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Track List
01) You Get 'Cha
02) The Preacher
03) The Champ
04) Bayou
05) Judo Mambo
06) Willow Weep for Me
07) Fiddlin' the Minors
08) Well, You Needn't
09) Get Happy
10) Groovy Date
Cd 2
01) Yardbird Suite
02) Summertime
03) All Day Long
04) The Duel
05) I Can't Get Started
06) Body and Soul
07) Slightly Monkish
08) Blues After All
09) 'Round Midnight
Cd 3
01) The Sermon
02) Flamingo
03) Hackensack
04) I Got a Woman
05) See See Rider
06) When Johnny Comes Marching Home
07) Sista Rebecca
08) Old Folks
Cd 4
01) Back at the Chicken Shack
02) Minor Chant
03) Midnight Special
04) The Jumpin' Blues
05) Squeeze Me
06) Ain't No Use
07) Pork Chop
08) Can Heat
09) Come Rain or Come Shine
10) Prayer Meetin'
11) Fungii Mama
01) You Get 'Cha
02) The Preacher
03) The Champ
04) Bayou
05) Judo Mambo
06) Willow Weep for Me
07) Fiddlin' the Minors
08) Well, You Needn't
09) Get Happy
10) Groovy Date
Cd 2
01) Yardbird Suite
02) Summertime
03) All Day Long
04) The Duel
05) I Can't Get Started
06) Body and Soul
07) Slightly Monkish
08) Blues After All
09) 'Round Midnight
Cd 3
01) The Sermon
02) Flamingo
03) Hackensack
04) I Got a Woman
05) See See Rider
06) When Johnny Comes Marching Home
07) Sista Rebecca
08) Old Folks
Cd 4
01) Back at the Chicken Shack
02) Minor Chant
03) Midnight Special
04) The Jumpin' Blues
05) Squeeze Me
06) Ain't No Use
07) Pork Chop
08) Can Heat
09) Come Rain or Come Shine
10) Prayer Meetin'
11) Fungii Mama
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First Released
2004
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For those who have found B3 sensation Jimmy Smith's voluminous Blue Note catalog daunting and can't find a place to start, this handsome four-CD Retrospective, covering 30 years, may be the way in. Thirty-seven of the set's thirty-eight tracks are culled from Smith's albums recorded between 1956 and 1963 -- the last, recorded in 1986, is taken from his return to the Blue Note fold. While there is no unreleased stuff here -- no alternate takes, no odd sessions, nothing, strictly catalog tracks -- what is included is a stellar look at Smith's progression as an artist in a relatively short period. Most of the big numbers are here, especially form the early years, like "The Champ," and "The Preacher," as well as his jam tune "Fiddlin the Minors" and "Yarbird Suite." His beautiful "I Can't Get Started" is present, as is "Body and Soul" and "Slightly Monkish." Of the four R&B and soul burners, "I Got a Woman," "See See Rider," "Prayer Meetin," "Midnight Special," and "Pork Chop," are included as well. Full release and personnel documentation are in the notes and Bob Blumenthal's liner essay is informative and authoritative, particularly in his description of Smith's playing. Retrospective's price tag may be a hindrance for the curious, and old-school fans will no doubt have many if not all of these cuts. But for anyone wishing to have a solid history of one of the true innovators in the music, this is a very fine collection
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For those who have found B3 sensation Jimmy Smith's voluminous Blue Note catalog daunting and can't find a place to start, this handsome four-CD Retrospective, covering 30 years, may be the way in. Thirty-seven of the set's thirty-eight tracks are culled from Smith's albums recorded between 1956 and 1963 -- the last, recorded in 1986, is taken from his return to the Blue Note fold. While there is no unreleased stuff here -- no alternate takes, no odd sessions, nothing, strictly catalog tracks -- what is included is a stellar look at Smith's progression as an artist in a relatively short period. Most of the big numbers are here, especially form the early years, like "The Champ," and "The Preacher," as well as his jam tune "Fiddlin the Minors" and "Yarbird Suite." His beautiful "I Can't Get Started" is present, as is "Body and Soul" and "Slightly Monkish." Of the four R&B and soul burners, "I Got a Woman," "See See Rider," "Prayer Meetin," "Midnight Special," and "Pork Chop," are included as well. Full release and personnel documentation are in the notes and Bob Blumenthal's liner essay is informative and authoritative, particularly in his description of Smith's playing. Retrospective's price tag may be a hindrance for the curious, and old-school fans will no doubt have many if not all of these cuts. But for anyone wishing to have a solid history of one of the true innovators in the music, this is a very fine collection
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