Jimmy Smith • Prayer Meetin' (RVG-edition)

Review by Steve Leggett

Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s, and arguably his best albums for Blue Note during this period were the ones he did with tenor sax player Stanley Turrentine. Recorded on February 8, 1963, at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, and featuring Quentin Warren on guitar and Donald Bailey on drums in addition to Smith and Turrentine, Prayer Meetin' is a delight from start to finish. Forming a perfect closure to Smith's trio of albums with Turrentine (Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack were both released in 1960), Prayer Meetin' was the last of four albums Smith recorded in a week to finish off his Blue Note contract before leaving for Verve. The blues roots are obvious here, and the Smith-penned title track might even be called jazz-gospel, but the single most striking cut is a version of Ivory Joe Hunter's "I Almost Lost My Mind," with both Smith and Turrentine building wonderful solos, suggesting new pathways for organ and sax as complementary instruments.

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Reseña por Steve Leggett

Al tocar líneas de una sola nota al estilo de piano en su órgano Hammond B-3, Jimmy Smith revolucionó el uso del instrumento en un combo de jazz a mediados de los años 50 y principios de los 60, y posiblemente sus mejores álbumes para Blue Note durante este período fueron los que hizo con el tenista saxofonista Stanley Turrentine. Grabado el 8 de febrero de 1963 en Van Gelder Studio en Nueva Jersey, y con Quentin Warren en la guitarra y Donald Bailey en la batería, además de Smith y Turrentine, Prayer Meetin 'es una delicia de principio a fin. El cierre perfecto del trío de álbumes de Smith con Turrentine (Midnight Special y Back at the Chicken Shack se lanzaron en 1960), Prayer Meetin 'fue el último de los cuatro álbumes que Smith grabó en una semana para terminar su contrato de Blue Note antes de irse para verve. Las raíces del blues son obvias aquí, y la canción del título escrita por Smith podría incluso llamarse jazz-gospel, pero el corte más llamativo es una versión de Ivory Joe Hunter "I Almost Lost My Mind", con Smith y Turrentine construyendo maravillosamente Solos, sugiriendo nuevas vías para órgano y saxo como instrumentos complementarios.

 

Tracklist
1 Prayer Meetin' 5:45
2 I Almost Lost My Mind 9:28
3 Stone Cold Dead In The Market 3:44
4 When The Saints Go Marching In 6:15
5 Red Top 7:40
6 Picnickin' 6:30
7 Lonesome Road 8:50
8 Smith Walk 7:13

Credits
Organ [Hammond] – Jimmy Smith
Drums – Donald Bailey
Guitar – Quentin Warren
Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine

Recorded on February 8, 1963 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
#1-6 originally released as BST 84164
#7, 8 are bonus tracks


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