Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise

Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise
Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise
Live album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1958
Recorded	November 15, 1957
Venue	Small's Paradise; New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:04
Label	Blue Note; BLP 1585 (Vol. 1); BLP 1586 (Vol. 2)
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Singles from Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise
	"After Hours, Part 1"; Released: 1958; "Just Friends"; Released: 1958;

Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related live albums by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded at Smalls' Paradise in New York City on November 15, 1957 and released on Blue Note the following year.^[1] The album was rereleased as a double CD with four bonus tracks recorded at the same performance.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise four starts and selected the CD reissue as part of its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.^[3]

The editors at AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.^[2]

Track listing

Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volume 1

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"After Hours"	Erskine Hawkins Avery Parrish	10:58
2.	"My Funny Valentine"	Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers	11:03

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Slightly Monkish"	Jimmy Smith	6:59
2.	"Laura"	Johnny Mercer David Raksin	10:28

Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volume 2

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Imagination"	Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen	7:56
2.	"Just Friends"	John Klenner Sam M. Lewis	6:29
3.	"Lover Man"	Jimmy Davis Ram Ramirez James Sherman	7:28

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Body and Soul"	Edward Heyman Robert Sour Frank Eyton Johnny Green	10:03
2.	"(Back Home Again in) Indiana"	James F. Hanley Ballard MacDonald	15:40

CD reissue: Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise, Volumes 1&2

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Imagination"	Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen	7:56
2.	"Walkin'"	Richard Carpenter	11:41
3.	"My Funny Valentine"	Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers	11:03
4.	"It's Only a Paper Moon"	Harold Arlen E. Y. Harburg Billy Rose	10:28
5.	"I Can't Give You Anything but Love"	Dorothy Fields Jimmy McHugh	7:00
6.	"Laura"	Johnny Mercer David Raksin	10:28

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(Back Home Again in) Indiana"	James F. Hanley Ballard MacDonald	15:40
2.	"Body and Soul"	Edward Heyman Robert Sour Frank Eyton Johnny Green	10:03
3.	"The Champ"	Dizzy Gillespie	13:47
4.	"Lover Man"	Jimmy Davis Ram Ramirez James Sherman	7:28
5.	"Slightly Monkish"	Jimmy Smith	6:59
6.	"After Hours"	Erskine Hawkins Avery Parrish	10:58
7.	"Just Friends"	John Klenner Sam M. Lewis	6:29

Personnel

Musicians

Jimmy Smith – organ
Eddie McFadden – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums

Technical personnel

Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Reid Miles – cover design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes

References

^ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
^ ^a ^b Allmusic Review accessed November 29, 2010
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Blue_Note_discography-1] Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Allmusic Review accessed November 29, 2010

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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