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Product details
Title
Stay Loose (Jimmy Smith Sings Again) [Digipak]
Performer
Jimmy Smith
Genre
Jazz Instrument
Sub Genre
Organ
Release Date
15/08/2005
Recomended Retail Price
10.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1968
Label / Distributor
Verve / Universal Music
Producer
Esmond Edwards
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
602498818664
Catalogue Number
9881866
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Jimmy Smith (vocals, organ); Carline Ray, Eileen Gilbert, Melba Moorman (vocals); Phil Upchurch, Carl Lynch (guitar); Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams (reeds); Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snooky Young (trumpet); Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Alan Raph (trombone); James Tyrell, Jimmy Meritt (bass instrument); Grady Tate (drums); Johnny Pacheco (percussion). Recording information: A&R Recording Studios, New York, New York (01/29/1968). Arranger: Tom McIntosh. Given its overtly wacky album photos--featuring the artist striking acrobatic poses in a white jumpsuit and helmet--listeners might think that 1968's STAY LOOSE...JIMMY SMITH SINGS AGAIN is a novelty record. The only novelty here, however, is the greater vocal presence of the revered organ player, who usually released instrumental (or mostly instrumental) discs. Smith, in fact, lends his wonderfully gritty vocals to four of the album's seven tracks. The bluesy opener, "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town," starts off with horn fanfare that gives way to Smith's raspy singing and simmering organ lines. Other vocal tracks include the energetic, funk-fueled Smith original "Stay Loose" and a shuffling, inventive take on "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby." Throughout the record, drummer Grady Tate masterfully anchors the proceedings, with tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine lending his deep, soulful playing to three tracks. Of these, "Chain of Fools" is an album highlight, and, with its urgent soul-jazz vibe, one of the finest renditions of the Don Covay classic. Of course, Smith's entrancing Hammond work is still the main attraction here, and it's nowhere better showcased than on the Smith/Turrentine-penned closer, "Grabbin' Hold," an extended jam that features brilliant interplay between the two stellar musicians.
Titles on disc 1
1.
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
2.
Stay Loose
3.
If You Ain't Got It
4.
One For Members
5.
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
6.
Chain Of Fools
7.
Grabbin' Hold
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