Louis Smith • Smithville

 

Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Like his debut, Smithville is another set of thoroughly winning straight-ahead bop from the underappreciated trumpeter Louis Smith. Stylistically, there are no surprises here -- this is mainstream bop and hard bop, comprised of original and contemporary bop numbers, as well as standards ("There'll Never Be Another You," "Embraceable You") -- but since the music is performed so well, it doesn't matter. There is genuine passion to this music, not only from Smith, but also from pianist Sonny Clark, tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor. It's a first-rate hard bop set that deserves wider distribution than it has received.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/smithville-mw0000498692

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Reseña
por Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Al igual que su debut, Smithville es otro conjunto de bop straight-ahead completamente ganador del subestimado trompetista Louis Smith. Estilísticamente, no hay sorpresas aquí - se trata de bop mainstream y hard bop, compuesto de números bop originales y contemporáneos, así como estándares ("There'll Never Be Another You", "Embraceable You") - pero como la música se interpreta tan bien, no importa. Hay auténtica pasión en esta música, no sólo por parte de Smith, sino también del pianista Sonny Clark, el saxofonista tenor Charlie Rouse, el bajista Paul Chambers y el batería Art Taylor. Es un conjunto de hard bop de primera clase que merece una distribución más amplia de la que ha recibido.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/smithville-mw0000498692

Tracks:
1 - Smithville
Written-By – Louis Smith 11:02
2 - Wetu
Written-By – Louis Smith 9:00
3 - Embraceable You
Written-By – Gershwin 7:04
4 - There Will Never Be Another You
Written-By – Warren, Gordon 5:31
5 - Later
Written-By – Louis Smith 6:35
6 - Au Privave 6:29
7 - Bakin' (aka Tunesmith) 6:22
8 - There Will Never Be Another You (mono take)    6:32

    
Credits:
    Bass – Paul Chambers
    Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
    Drums – Art Taylor
    Liner Notes – Robert Levin
    Photography By [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff
    Piano – Sonny Clark
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
    Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse
    Trumpet – Louis Smith
Charlie Rouse performs by courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

Notes:
Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Recorded on March 30, 1958.
Tracks 1-3, 5 & 8 originally issued on Blue Note BN 1594. Tracks 6 & 7 originally issued on "The Other Side of Blue Note" 1500 Series for Blue Note Japan BNJ61008/10. Tracks 1-5 issued in stereo for the first time. Track 8 in mono.
N.B.: The original mono master of "There Will Be Another You" used take 8 with a tenor saxophone solo from take 7, which has not survived in stereo. The stereo master is the complete take 8. The brief static at 5:38 on "Embraceable You" is on the original master.

Label:    Blue Note – 0946 3 58289 2 2
Series:    Blue Note Connoisseur Series
Country:    US
Released:    2008
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Hard Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/15576630-Louis-Smith-Smithville

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