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<i>A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1</i>

A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1

1956 studio album by Jimmy Smith at the Organ

A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1 is the debut album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on February 18, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year.[1]

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Background

The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's following two LPs, A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2 (1956) and Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956).[2]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The debut of organist Jimmy Smith on records (he was already 30) was a major event, for he introduced a completely new and very influential style on the organ, one that virtually changed the way the instrument is played."[3]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:04
  2. "You Get 'Cha" – 4:23 (Jimmy Smith)
  3. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 4:26
  4. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:49

Side 2

  1. "The High and the Mighty" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
  2. "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:30
  3. "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) – 4:35
  4. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:56
  5. "Joy" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 3:13

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Blue Note discography accessed October 5, 2010
  2. [2]
    "Jimmy Smith - A New Sound... A New Star, Volume 1–3". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  3. [3]
    Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 5, 2010
  4. [4]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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