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]
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
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | (CD reissue) [4] |
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
- “The Way You Look Tonight” (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:04
- “You Get ‘Cha” – 4:23 (Jimmy Smith)
- “Midnight Sun” (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 4:26
- “Oh, Lady Be Good!” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:49
Side 2
- “The High and the Mighty” (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
- “But Not for Me” (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:30
- “The Preacher” (Horace Silver) – 4:35
- “Tenderly” (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:56
- “Joy” (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 3:13
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ
- Thornel Schwartz – guitar
- Bay Perry – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Babs Gonzales – liner notes
References
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 5, 2010
- ^ “Jimmy Smith – A New Sound… A New Star, Volume 1–3”. Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 5, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
