Jimmy Smith - Goldfinger (Live (Remastered) '2022

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Artist	Jimmy Smith Related artists
Album name	Goldfinger (Live (Remastered)
Country
Date	2022
Genre	Jazz
Play time	55:14
Format / Bitrate	24 BIT Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
Media	CD
Size	628 / 349 / 127 MB
Price	Download $5.95

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Tracks list

Tracklist:

1. Blue Bash (Live Remastered) (14:26)
2. The Sermon (Live Remastered) (08:20)
3. Mack The Knife (Live Remastered) (05:18)
4. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (Live Remastered) (05:37)
5. Goldfinger (Live Remastered) (07:33)
6. Some Of My Best Friends Are Blues (Live Remastered) (09:06)
7. Satin Doll (Part 1) (Live Remastered) (04:50)


Â moreIn 1951, Smith began playing with several R&B acts in Philadelphia while
working with his father during the day, but after hearing pioneering organ
player Wild Bill Davis, Smith was inspired to switch instruments. Smith bought a
Hammond B-3 organ and set up a practice space in a warehouse where he and his
father were working; Smith refined the rudiments of his style over the next year
(informed more closely by horn players than other keyboard artists, and
employing innovative use of the bass pedals and drawbars), and he began playing
Philadelphia clubs in 1955. In early 1956, Smith made his New York debut at the
legendary Harlem nightspot Small's Paradise, and Smith was soon spotted by
Alfred Lion, who ran the well-respected jazz label Blue Note Records. Lion
signed Smith to a record deal, and between popular early albums such as The
Incredible Jimmy Smith at Club Baby Grand and The Champ and legendary
appearances at New York's Birdland and the Newport Jazz Festival, Smith became
the hottest new name in jazz.

A prolific recording artist, Smith recorded more than 30 albums for Blue Note
between 1956 and 1963, collaborating with the likes of Kenny Burrell, Stanley
Turrentine, and Jackie McLean, and in 1963, Smith signed a new record deal with
Verve. Smith's first album for Verve, Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith,
was a critical and commercial success, and the track "Walk on the Wild Side"
became a minor hit. Smith maintained his busy performing and recording schedule
throughout the 1960s, and in 1966 he cut a pair of celebrated album with
guitarist Wes Montgomery. In 1972, Smith's contract with Verve expired, and
tired of his demanding tour schedule, he and his wife opened a supper club in
California's San Fernando Valley. Smith performed regularly at the club, but it
went out of business after only a few years. While Smith continued to record
regularly for a variety of labels, his days as a star appeared to be over.

However, in the late '80s, Smith began recording for the Milestone label,
cutting several well-reviewed albums that reminded jazz fans Smith was still a
master at his instrument, as did a number of live performances with fellow organ
virtuoso Joey DeFrancesco. In 1987, producer Quincy Jones invited Smith to play
on the sessions for Michael Jackson's album Bad. And Smith found a new
generation of fans when hip-hop DJs began sampling Smith's funky organ grooves;
the Beastie Boys famously used Smith's "Root Down (And Get It)" for their song
"Root Down," and other Smith performances became the basis for tracks by Nas,
Gang Starr, Kool G Rap, and DJ Shadow.

In 1995, Smith returned to Verve Records for the album Damn!, and on 2001's Dot
Com Blues, Smith teamed up with a variety of blues and R&B stars, including Etta
James, B.B. King, Keb' Mo', and Dr. John. In 2004, Smith was honored as a Jazz
Master by the National Endowment for the Arts; that same year, Smith relocated
from Los Angeles to Scottsdale, Arizona. Several months after settling in
Scottsdale, Smith's wife succumbed to cancer, and while he continued to perform
and record, Jimmy Smith was found dead in his home less than a year later, on
February 8, 2005. His final album, Legacy, was released several months after his
passing. ~ Mark Deming