Jimmy Smith • Black Smith

 

Review from Dusty Groove (Chicago's Online Record Store):
A record that's way way different than the sound of Jimmy Smith Blue Note work -- and a much-loved set by fans of 70s funk! Jimmy's organ is still very strongly out front of the arrangements -- but it's soaring over the top of grooves done by Jerry Peters and Michael "Incredible Bongo Band" Viner -- tracks that have a harder, hipper style than most of Smith's other recordings from the time -- in a groove that often comes close to the best blacksploitation soundtracks of the time! The drums are plenty heavy on many numbers here -- kicking in a hard and heavy bottom that gives the record a few key breaks -- and other numbers even use a bit of chorus vocals, but in a way that never overwhelms the tracks, just supports them with a nice righteous edge.

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Un disco que suena muy diferente al trabajo de Jimmy Smith en Blue Note, ¡y un set muy querido por los fans del funk de los 70s! El órgano de Jimmy sigue estando muy fuertemente al frente de los arreglos, pero se eleva sobre los grooves hechos por Jerry Peters y Michael "Incredible Bongo Band" Viner, tracks que tienen un estilo más duro y moderno que la mayoría de las otras grabaciones de Smith de la época, en un groove que a menudo se acerca a las mejores bandas sonoras de blaxploitation de la época. La batería es abundantemente pesada en muchos números aquí, aportando un fondo duro y pesado que le da al disco algunos breaks clave, y otros números incluso usan un poco de coros vocales, pero de una manera que nunca abruma los tracks, solo los apoya con un buen toque justo.

Tracks:
1 - Hang 'Em High
2 - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Babe
3 - Joy
4 - Ooh Poo Pah Doo
5 - Why Can't We Live Together
6 - Groovin'
7 - Pipeline
8 - Wildflower
9 - Something You Got


Credits:
Jimmy Smith - Organ, Vocals (on tracks 4 & 9)
Produced by Jerry Peters, Michael Viner
Arranged by Jerry Peters, Michael Viner
Recorded by Jim Shifflett
Cover art by Klaus Voormann

Label: Pride Records
Catalog: PD 6011
Country: US
Released: November 1974
Genre: Jazz
Style: Soul Jazz, Funk
Duration: 44:01

Notes:
This album marked a significant departure from Jimmy Smith's Blue Note sound, embracing a heavier funk/soul production style typical of mid-1970s blacksploitation soundtracks. Producer Michael Viner was the founder of the Incredible Bongo Band, famous for their cover of "Apache." The track "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Babe" (a Barry White cover) was famously sampled by the Beastie Boys for their song "Professor Booty." The album features covers of surf-rock, R&B, funk, and pop songs, plus Bach's "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring" (listed as "Joy"). Jimmy Smith provides vocals on two tracks. The recording features female background singers and heavy drums that create several break beats highly valued by hip-hop producers and DJs.

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