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The Cat
  front cover   side a

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Theme From 'Joy House'
4:36
Lalo Schifrin

The Cat
3:22
Lalo Schifrin

Basin Street Blues
3:59
Spencer Williams

Main Title From 'The Carpetbaggers'
4:05
Elmer Bernstein

  
  back cover   side b

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5
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Chicago Serenade
4:00
Eddie Harris

St. Louis Blues
3:39
W C Handy

Delon's Blues
4:45
Jimmy Smith

Blues In The Night
4:55
Johnny Mercer / Harold Arlen

  
  label a  

recording dates

studio

label

cat no.

  

A1, a4, b3 – 27/04/64
A2, a3, b1, b2, b4 - 29/04/64

Van Gelder’s Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Verve

V6–8587

  

label b
PERSONNEL
organ
Jimmy Smith
  
     

arr/cond

  

Lalo Schifrin

  
trumpet
   Ernie Royal
Bernie Glow
Jimmy Maxwell
Marky Markowitz
Snooky Young
Thad Jones		  
     
french horn
   Ray Alonge
Jim Buffington
Earl Chapin
Bill Correa		  
trombone
   Billy Byers
Jimmy Cleveland
Urbie Green
Tony Stud (Bass)		  
     
tuba
   Don Butterfield  
     
guitar
   Kenny Burrell  
     
bass
   George Duvivier  
     
percussion
   Phil Kraus  
     
drums
   Grady Tate  
  TECH  
producer
   Creed Taylor  
     
engineer
   Rudy Van Gelder  
     
dir. of eng.
   Val Valentin  
REISSUES label   year   cat no.      
    Polygram   25/10/90   10046      
     
    Polygram   24/03/98   539756      
     
    Verve   01/06/00   -  

 

  
     
    Universal   01/05/03   -      
     
    Universal   26/02/04   -      
     
    Universal Japan   19/10/04   -      
     
    ?   20/09/05   -      
REVIEW   Now here's a match made in heaven. Jimmy Smith, hero of the hammond and Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian arranger, conductor and composer extraordinaire. And it's every bit as good as you can hope for. Better, even. Jimmy at this point was at the top of his game and where no could touch him (or has). Lalo's big band arrangements had more drama and punch than anything that Jimmy had ever played over. In fact, the band is so incredibly powerful that it nearly outshines Jimmy, a near impossible feat. Time and again on this album the whole ensemble goes from quiet depths to outright blasting in seconds. It's a sound you can't be ready for and that you should be very careful around. It's easy to imagine how many speakers have been killed by this incredible LP. And then there is The Cat. The second most famous tune in Jimmy's catalogue. Words… just fail. It swings. It blasts. There is no way to sit still through it. It is the king of swinging '60s organ jazz. If you don't own this album and you've got as far as reading this, you have no excuse. Shame on you. Go. Now. Get A Copy. Or leave here and never, ever come back.  
   

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