Jimmy Smith • It's Necessary

 

Review by Scott Yanow
Although he still won popularity polls and remained a household name in the jazz world, the end of organist Jimmy Smith's long period with Verve in 1972 kept him in relative obscurity until he re-emerged on the Elektra Musician label in 1982. This live album, recorded at Smith's short-lived North Hollywood supper club, finds the great organist and his quartet (with guitarist Ray Crawford) welcoming such guests as tenors Teddy Edwards and Harold Land and trumpeter Blue Mitchell. The material is decent ("Red Top" and "Sometimes I'm Happy" are stronger than the recent originals) and the recording quality is decent, if not state-of-the-art. Superior to his other, more commercial sets of the period, this reasonably enjoyable LP does not measure up to the excitement level of Smith's earlier, classic Blue Note sessions, but is worth picking up by his fans.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-necessary-mw0000870620

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Reseña de Scott Yanow
Aunque todavía ganó encuestas de popularidad y siguió siendo un nombre familiar en el mundo del jazz, el final del largo período del organista Jimmy Smith con Verve en 1972 lo mantuvo en relativa oscuridad hasta que resurgió en el sello Elektra Musician en 1982. Este álbum en vivo, grabado en el efímero club de cenas de Smith en North Hollywood, encuentra al gran organista y su cuarteto (con el guitarrista Ray Crawford) dando la bienvenida a invitados como los tenores Teddy Edwards y Harold Land y el trompetista Blue Mitchell. El material es decente ("Red Top" y "Sometimes I'm Happy" son más fuertes que los originales recientes) y la calidad de grabación es decente, si no vanguardista. Superior a sus otros sets más comerciales de la época, este LP razonablemente agradable no está a la altura del nivel de emoción de las sesiones anteriores y clásicas de Blue Note de Smith, pero vale la pena que sus fanáticos lo recojan.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-necessary-mw0000870620


 

Tracks:
A1 - It's Necessary - 8:19
A2 - For Your Love - 3:29
A3 - Side-Mouthin' - 8:05
B1 - (My Little) Red Top - 3:41
B2 - Sometimes I'm Happy - 4:35
B3 - I've Got Love On My Mind - 5:12
B4 - Say It Again, Jim - 7:21


Credits:
    Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmy Smith
    Design – Joe Kotleba
    Drums – Kenny Dixon (3)
    Engineer – Kelly Kotera
    Engineer [Assistant] – Jack Crymes, Mark Eshelman
    Flute – Stanley Behrens
    Flute, Saxophone – John Phillips (6)
    Guitar – Ray Crawford
    Organ, Piano – Jimmy Smith
    Percussion – Buck Clarke
    Photography By [Portrait] – David Alexander (5)
    Photography By [Still Life] – David Deahl
    Producer – Lola Smith
    Tenor Saxophone – Harold Land, Teddy Edwards
    Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Blue Mitchell

Recorded live from Jimmy Smith's Supper Club, North Hollywood, July 6 & 7, 1977.

Label:    Mercury – SRM-1-1189
Format:   
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:    US
Released:    1977
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Soul-Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/2592039-Jimmy-Smith-Its-Necessary

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