Christmas '64
1964 studio album by Jimmy Smith
Christmas '64 | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy Smith | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | April 20 & September 29, 1964 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewwod Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz, Christmas | |||
Length | 48:51 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
Jimmy Smith chronology | ||||
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1966 LP re-issue as Christmas Cookin' | ||||
Christmas '64 is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Smith's only album of Christmas music, it was reissued as Christmas Cookin' in 1966.[1]
Reception
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Allmusic | [1] |
A review on AllMusic said that "Compared to most Christmas albums, this is plenty groovy, with lots of Smith's trademark dexterity and bop runs on offer."[1] An AllMusic review of the reissued Christmas Cookin', by Scott Yanow said that "...even if nothing all that unusual occurs, the performances can serve as high-quality background music during the Christmas season".[2]
Track listing
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 4:19
- "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 3:15
- "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (John Henry Hopkins Jr.) – 3:45
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 4:32
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:51
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 5:26
- "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) – 4:04
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" – 6:11
- Bonus tracks on Christmas Cookin' 1992 CD reissue
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) – 6:00
- from Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo
- "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 8:53
- from Organ Grinder Swing
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Smith – organ, (all tracks), arranger, (tracks 2, 6, 8)
- Kenny Burrell – guitar, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Quentin Warren – guitar, (tracks 2, 6, 8)
- Art Davis – double bass, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Grady Tate – drums, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Billy Hart – drums, (tracks 2, 6, 8)
- Margaret Ross – harp, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Joe Newman – flugelhorn, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Paul Faulise, Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Chauncey Welsch, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Ernie Royal, Danny Stiles, Joe Wilder, Bernie Glow – trumpet, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Donald Corrado, Morris Secon – french horn, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Harvey Phillips – tuba, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- George Devens – percussion, (tracks 1, 3-5, 7)
- Billy Byers - arranger, conductor, (tracks 1, 4--5, 7)
- Al Cohn - arranger, (track 3)
Technical
- Creed Taylor – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Val Valentin – director of engineering
- Bob Irwin – mastering
- Hollis King – art direction
- Sherniece Smith – art producer
- Acy Lehman – cover design
- Howell Conent – photography
References
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Jimmy Smith
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
albums
- A New Sound... A New Star... Volume 1 (1956)
- A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (1956)
- The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956)
- At Club Baby Grand (1956)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (1957)
- Plays Pretty Just for You (1957)
- Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
- Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise (1957)
- House Party (1958)
- The Sermon (1958)
- Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958)
- Cool Blues (1958)
- Six Views of the Blues (1958)
- Home Cookin' (1958–59)
- Crazy! Baby (1960)
- Open House (1960)
- Plain Talk (1960)
- Midnight Special (1960)
- Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
- Straight Life (1961)
- Plays Fats Waller (1962)
- I'm Movin' On (1963)
- Bucket! (1963)
- Rockin' the Boat (1963)
- Prayer Meetin' (with Stanley Turrentine, 1963)
- One Night with Blue Note (1985)
albums
- Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (1962)
- Hobo Flats (1963)
- Any Number Can Win (1963)
- Blue Bash! (with Kenny Burrell, 1963)
- The Cat (1964)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
- Christmas '64 (1964)
- Monster (1965)
- Organ Grinder Swing (1965)
- Got My Mojo Workin' (1966)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
- Peter & the Wolf (1966)
- Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (with Wes Montgomery, 1966)
- Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966)
- Respect (1967)
- The Boss (1968)
- Groove Drops (1970)
- The Other Side of Jimmy Smith (1970)
- Root Down (1972)
- Bluesmith (1972)
- Damn! (1995)
- Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams (1995)
- Dot Com Blues (2000)
other labels
- Black Smith (1974)
- The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby, 1969)
- Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
- Ellington Is Forever (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984)
- L.A. Is My Lady (Frank Sinatra, 1984)
- Bad (Michael Jackson, 1987)
- Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)