A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2

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A New Sound... A New Star...
Jimmy Smith at the Organ.jpg
Studio album by
Jimmy Smith
Released1956
RecordedMarch 27, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length40:29
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
A New Sound... A New Star...
(1956) 		A New Sound... A New Star...
(1956) 		The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ
(1956)

A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (also released as The Champ) is an album by Jimmy Smith. The trio recording was made at Van Gelder Studio on March 27, 1956, and was released by Blue Note.[1] The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's first LP, A New Sound... A New Star..., and the following 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 awarded the album 4½ stars.[2] The All About Jazz reviewer commented that it was more bebop-based than the first volume.[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Jimmy Smith, except as indicated.
  1. "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:36
  2. "Bayou" – 4:52
  3. "Deep Purple" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) – 7:14
  4. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 4:32
  5. "Ready 'n Able" – 6:31
  6. "Turquoise" – 4:12
  7. "Bubbis" – 4:32
    • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on March 27, 1956

Personnel[]

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References[]

  1. ^ Blue Note discography. Retrieved October 5, 2010
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b AllMusic review. Retrieved 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.
  4. ^ Davis, Marc (August 26, 2014). "Jimmy Smith: Jimmy Smith: A New Sound, A New Star, Vol. 1 and 2 – Blue Note 1512 and 1514". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 11, 2020.


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