House_Party_(Jimmy_Smith_album)
House Party (Jimmy Smith album)
1958 studio album by Jimmy Smith
House Party is the tenth studio album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on August 25, 1957 and February 25, 1958 and released on Blue Note in 1958—his fourteenth release for the label.[1]
| House Party | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded |
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| Studio | Manhattan Towers, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:46 (LP) 53:20 (CD) | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 4002 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Blue Note used the Manhattan Towers Hotel Ballroom in New York City for recording sessions in 1957–1958, while their recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder was still using his parents' Hackensack, N.J. home studio to record artists. House Party was the first of two Smith albums recorded on two dates, the second was Smith's next album The Sermon!, released in 1959. Blue Note mainly used the Manhattan Towers ballroom for larger groups of musicians, or when New York was a more convenient location to record the artists involved.[citation needed]
The AllMusic review by Lindsay Planer states, "the real pleasure lies in the experience of hearing it".[2]
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Au Privave" | Charlie Parker | February 25, 1958 | 15:09 |
| 2. | "Lover Man" |
| February 25, 1958 | 7:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just Friends" | August 25, 1957 | 15:15 | |
| 2. | "Blues After All" | Kenny Burrell | August 25, 1957 | 6:06 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Confirmation" | Parker | February 25, 1958 | 10:34 |
Musicians
August 25, 1957
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Curtis Fuller – trombone
- George Coleman – alto saxophone
- Eddie McFadden – guitar ("Just Friends")
- Donald Bailey – drums
February 25, 1958
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Lee Morgan – trumpet (except "Lover Man")
- Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
- Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone (except "Lover Man")
- Kenny Burrell (except "Lover Man"), Eddie McFadden ("Lover Man") – guitar
- Art Blakey (except "Lover Man"), Donald Bailey ("Lover Man") – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Robert Levin – liner notes
- Blue Note discography accessed November 25, 2010
- Planer, L. Allmusic Review accessed November 25, 2010