A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1

A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1
Studio album by
Jimmy Smith at the Organ
Released1956
RecordedFebruary 18, 1956
StudiosVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length40:04
LabelsBlue Note
BLP 1512
ProducerAlfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1
(1956)		 A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2
(1956)
Singles from A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1
  1. "Midnight Sun"
    Released: 1957

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.

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).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings(CD reissue) StarStarStarHalf star

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."

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:04
  2. "You Get 'Cha" – 4:23 (Jimmy Smith)
  3. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 4:26
  4. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:49

Side 2

  1. "The High and the Mighty" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
  2. "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:30
  3. "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) – 4:35
  4. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:56
  5. "Joy" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 3:13

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. ↑ Blue Note discography accessed October 5, 2010
  2. ↑ "Jimmy Smith - A New Sound... A New Star, Volume 1–3". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 5, 2010
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.