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Straight Life (Jimmy Smith album)

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Straight Life
Studio album by
Released2007
RecordedJune 22, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length50:12
LabelBlue Note BST 85192
ProducerAlfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Back at the Chicken Shack
(1960)
Straight Life
(2007)
Plays Fats Waller
(1962)

Straight Life is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 2007.[1]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3½ stars stating

"Although not in the same league as Midnight Special or Prayer Meetin', it's great to hear this long lost hard bop session from the master of the Hammond B-3".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated
  1. "Straight Life" – 5:09
  2. "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:09
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 6:03
  4. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will Harris, V. Young) – 4:52
  5. "Minor Fare" – 5:39
  6. "Swanee" (Irving Caesar, George Gershwin) – 2:28
  7. "Jimmy's Blues" – 5:43
  8. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:59
  9. "Here's to My Lady" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) – 4:55
  10. "Minor Fare" [alternate take] – 5:15
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 22, 1961

Personnel

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Musicians

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Technical

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References

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  1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
  2. ^ a b Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 29, 2010