A New Sound... A New Star...

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A New Sound... A New Star...
A New Sound A New Star.jpg
Studio album by
Jimmy Smith
Released1956
RecordedFebruary 18, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length40:04
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
A New Sound... A New Star...
(1956) 		A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2
(1956)
Singles from A New Sound... A New Star...
  1. "Midnight Sun"
    Released: 1957

A New Sound... A New Star... (subtitled Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. 1) is the debut album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's following two LP's A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 and The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings(CD reissue) 3.5/4 stars[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated:

"The debut of organist Jimmy Smith on records (he was already 30) was a major event, for he introduced a completely new and very influential style on the organ, one that virtually changed the way the instrument is played".[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Jimmy Smith, except as indicated
  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:04
  2. "You Get 'Cha" – 4:23
  3. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 4:26
  4. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:49
  5. "The High and the Mighty" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
  6. "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:30
  7. "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) – 4:35
  8. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:56
  9. "Joy" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 3:13
    • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on February 18, 1956

Personnel[]

Musicians

Technical

References[]

  1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 5, 2010
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 5, 2010
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.


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