Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
A Date With Jimmy Smith (Volume One)
| Recorded | Feb 11-13, 1957 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | 1547 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 353142 |
The record
Two drummers and a three-horn front line of Byrd, Mobley, and Donaldson pile onto this early Blue Note date, Blakey's snap pushing the organ's churn into overdrive. Hard bop still figuring out how loud an organ combo could get.
Session personnel
- Lou Donaldson — alto saxophone
- Art Blakey — drums
- Donald Bailey — drums
- Eddie McFadden — guitar
- Jimmy Smith — organ
- Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
- Donald Byrd — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1958 | Blue Note · BLP 1547 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 81547 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 81547 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1972 | Blue Note · BST 81547 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Repress, Stereo |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 81547 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Repress, Stereo |
| 1975 | Blue Note |
| 1984 | Blue Note · BLP 1547 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue |
| 1984 | Blue Note · BLP 1547 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 2003 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9511 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2014 | Blue Note — File, AIFF, Album, Reissue, 24bit, 192khz |
| 2014 | Blue Note · 1547 — File, WAV, Album, 24-bit 192 kHz |
| 2021 | Rat Pack Records (2) · BLP 1547 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Unofficial Release, Mono, 180 Gram |
| 2021 | Honey Pie Records (2) · HONEY050 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Lou Donaldson also plays on
Art Blakey also plays on
Donald Bailey also plays on