Jimmy Smith: Organ Grinder Swing (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP JAZZ-200 it’s the perfect soundtrack to

it’s the perfect soundtrack to a still-unfolding talent ready to be seen in her fullness

• Drums: Roy Haynes

with a sound that builds off her Southern roots

The second of her celebrated song books albums and heralded as one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made

“Tenderly” to Duke Ellington’s “Cottontail

Jimmy Smith: Organ Grinder Swing (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP JAZZ-200 it’s the perfect soundtrack toReleased in mid 1965, Jimmy Smith took a break from the typical big band sessions hed been doing for Verve with this pared down trio date, enlisting Kenny Burrell (guitar) and Grady Tate (drums) to take on a selection of blues and jazz standards. From the title track to his own Blues For J, Smith and this all star group display complete mastery of, arguably, the most swinging of all jazz band configurationsthe organ trio. Verves Acoustic Sounds Series