Organ Grinder Swing
Studio album by
Jimmy Smith
Released1965
RecordedJune 14–15, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length36:41
LabelVerve
ProducerCreed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Monster
(1965) 		Organ Grinder Swing
(1965) 		Got My Mojo Workin'
(1965)
Singles from Organ Grinder Swing
  1. "Organ Grinder's Swing"
    Released: September 1965
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Organ Grinder Swing is a 1965 studio album by Jimmy Smith. It marked a return to the trio ensemble that Smith used on the Blue Note recordings earlier in his career.

Reception

AllMusic's Scott Yanow stated:

This outing is a throwback to Smith's Blue Note sets (which had concluded two years earlier) and gives the organist the opportunity to stretch out on three blues and three standards. This release shows that, even with all of his commercial success during the period, Smith was always a masterful jazz player.[1]

The album was the second highest charting album of Smith's career, reaching a chart position of number 15 on the US Billboard 200 charts. It was on the charts for 31 weeks.

Track listing

  1. "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 2:16
  2. "Oh No, Babe" (Jimmy Smith) – 9:02
  3. "Blues for J" (Smith) – 5:19
  4. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 8:54
  5. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) – 3:19
  6. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 7:01

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1965) Peak
position 		Total
weeks
U.S. Billboard 200 15[4] 31

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1965 "Organ Grinder's Swing" Billboard Hot 100 92[5]

References

  1. ^ a b AllMusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 183. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ "Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  5. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
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