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Peter & The Wolf

Jimmy Smith

Recorded	May 11-12, 1966
Label	Verve Records
Released	1966
Personnel	18 credited players
Discogs	master 33159

The record

Prokofiev gets recast as a vehicle for reeds and french horns, Smith's organ standing in for the wolf amid Oliver Nelson's dense orchestration. Among the odder detours in the Verve years, more curiosity than groove session.

Session personnel

Jim Buffington — french horn
Willie Ruff — french horn
Jimmy Smith — leader, organ
Danny Bank — saxophone
Jerome Richardson — saxophone
Jerry Dodgion — saxophone
Phil Woods — saxophone
Robert Ashton — saxophone
Stanley Webb — saxophone
Britt Woodman — trombone
Quentin Jackson — trombone
Richard Hixson — trombone
Tom McIntosh — trombone
Tony Studd — trombone
Ernie Royal — trumpet
Joe Newman — trumpet
Richard Williams — trumpet
Snooky Young — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1966	Verve Records · V6-8652 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold earliest on file · RVG stamp; gatefold
1966	Verve Records · SVLP 9159 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1966	Verve Records · V6-8652 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1966	Verve Records · SVLP 9159 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo · RVG stamp
1966	Verve Records · VLP 9159 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
1966	Verve Records · V-8652 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1966	Verve Records · V6 8652 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; gatefold
1966	Verve Records · V6-8652 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1999	Jazz Heritage · 515606X — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
1999	Verve Records · 314 547 264-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak · RVG stamp
1966	Verve Records — MONO
1966	Verve Records · V6-8652 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1967	Verve Records · V6-8652 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo