Cool Blues

Cool Blues
Live album by Jimmy Smith
Released 1978
Recorded April 7, 1958
Genre Jazz
Length 72:21
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Softly as a Summer Breeze
(1958)		 Cool Blues
(1958)		 Six Views of the Blues
(1958)
CD reissue cover

Cool Blues is a live album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded at Small's Paradise in New York City in 1958 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1978.[1] The album was rereleased on CD with three bonus tracks recorded at the same performance.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The repertoire is filled with blues and bop standards, and the soloing is at a consistently high and hard-swinging level. Jimmy Smith fans will be pleased".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing

  1. "Dark Eyes" (Traditional) - 11:43
  2. "Groovin' at Small's" (Babs Gonzales) - 12:01
  3. Announcements by Babs Gonzales - 0:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 17:04
  5. "Cool Blues" (Charlie Parker) - 11:07
  6. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 6:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Small's Minor" (Jimmy Smith) - 6:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) - 6:46 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 29, 2010
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 183. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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