Back at the Chicken Shack

Back at the Chicken Shack is an album by Jimmy Smith. It was recorded in 1960 and released in 1963 on the Blue Note label. Smith recorded the album at the same session as his previous album Midnight Special. Fittingly, he wears the same red shirt on both album covers. It was cited in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[4]

Back at the Chicken Shack
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1963
Recorded	April 25, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz, Soul jazz, Hard bop
Length	43:35 (CD), 37:50 (LP)
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Midnight Special (1961) Back at the Chicken Shack (1963) Straight Life (1961)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Down Beat (Original LP release)	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back at the Chicken Shack"	Jimmy Smith	8:01
2.	"When I Grow Too Old to Dream"	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	9:54

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"Minor Chant"	Stanley Turrentine	7:30
4.	"Messy Bessie"	Smith	12:25
Total length:			37:50

1987 CD Reissue (US & Europe)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"On the Sunny Side of the Street"	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	5:45
Total length:			43:35

Personnel

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
• Kenny Burrell – guitar (1,4)
• Donald Bailey – drums

Production

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Reid Miles – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Ira Gitler – liner notes

References

1. Back at the Chicken Shack at AllMusic
2. Down Beat: April 11, 1963 vol. 30, no. 9
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.