Open House (album)
Open House is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1960, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1968.[1] The album didn't appear on CD until being reissued in 1992, as a twofer which also included Plain Talk, compiling all the recordings from the session.
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| Released | January 1968 | |||
| Recorded | March 22, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:03 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84269 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a fast-paced studio jam session".[2]
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Track listing
- "Open House" (Jimmy Smith) – 16:15
- "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) – 4:49
- "Sista Rebecca" (Smith) – 10:54
- "Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 6:05
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Quentin Warren – guitar
- Donald Bailey – drums
Additional musicians
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1, 3)
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4; feature track 4)
- Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 3; feature track 2)
Technical
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
References
- Blue Note discography accessed November 25, 2010
- Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2010
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