![]() A cool, swinging, fun and indispensable record. Then of course there is Smith's masterful playing that never fails to raise the hairs on the spine or get the fingers clicking. Now remastered the album hasn't a dull moment, with blues, pop and two cracking film scores (The Cat and "Main Title from The Carpetbaggers", which is used on BBC2's Money Programme). Especially when the orchestra itself contains musicians of the class of Kenny Burrell and Thad Jones. The instrument Smith pioneered was the Hammond B3 organ, which had been labelled "the poor man's orchestra" because of the depth of sound it could create, so when that met a real orchestra under the guidance of arranger Lalo Schifrin the result is explosive. Moving from Blue Note to Verve, Smith swapped the small band for the large orchestra. One of the essential Jimmy Smith albums that all record collections should contain.
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