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The Organ Grinder's Swing Oh, No, Babe Blues For J |
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Greensleeves I'll Close My Eyes Satin Doll |
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| Polygram | 01/07/91 | 25675 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| REVIEW | And now it's time for the most famous Jimmy Smith tune ever: Organ Grinder's Swing, which you know. Even if you don't actually know it, you have heard it. It gets around. For this LP, the Jazzocritics got back onboard because not only were there no 'commercial' tunes (i.e. ones that were sourced from outside the jazz idiom) but Jimmy was back playing in a trio format, for the first time in three years (if we ignore the cheap-but-great live Metro albums). That it was the strongest trio he had employed to date didn't hurt either. The titular track is, or course, a total hoot. Justifiably famous. Straight after are couple of nice blues which are, in turn, long and deep, then medium-paced and groovy. Sadly, after that things come a bit unstuck. There really is no need to ever tackle Greensleeves ever. It should be placed in a chained-shut box and dropped into the depths of the ocean, never to be heard again. The other tracks on the second side fare little better, skating, as the do, a bit too close to easy listening for comfort. You probably need this LP for the title track, but be warned that disappointment looms, although there is one small bonus in that we get to hear Jimmy's voice on record for the first time. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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