Any Number Can Win (album)

Any Number Can Win
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1963
Recorded	July 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:03 CD reissue
Label	Verve V-8618
Producer	Creed Taylor (original), Richard Seidel (reissue)
Jimmy Smith chronology
Hobo Flats (1963) Any Number Can Win (1963) Blue Bash! (1963)

Any Number Can Win is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, arranged by Billy Byers and Claus Ogerman.^[1][2]

On the Billboard albums chart, Any Number Can Win peaked at number 25, and the single of Smith's "(Theme From) Any Number Can Win" peaked at 96 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot R&B Sides chart.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

AllMusic awarded the album two and a half stars.^[1]

Track listing

1. "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) – 4:21
2. "The Ape Woman" (Lalo Schifrin) – 3:21
3. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 2:28
4. "G'won Train" (Patti Bown) – 4:21
5. "(Theme From) Any Number Can Win" (Michel Magne) – 2:10
6. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) – 2:51
7. "The Sermon" (Jimmy Smith) – 7:40
8. "Ruby" (Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld) – 2:20
9. "Tubs" (Smith) – 2:48
10. "Blues for C.A." (Smith) – 3:43

Personnel

• Jimmy Smith – hammond organ
• Billy Byers – arranger
• Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor
• Bob Bushnell – bass guitar
• Art Davis, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton – double bass
• Doug Allen, Ed Shaughnessy, Mel Lewis – drums
• Billy Mure, Kenny Burrell, Vince Gambella – guitar
• George Devens – percussion
• Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Paul Faulise – trombone
• Charlie Shavers, Snooky Young, James Sedlar, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman – trumpet
• Budd Johnson, Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, Marvin Halladay, Phil Woods, Seldon Powell – woodwind
• Creed Taylor – producer
• Richard Seidel – reissue production

References

1. "Any Number Can Win". Allmusic. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
2. Discogs accessed March 20, 2015
3. Any Number Can Win - Awards at AllMusic
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

External links

• Any Number Can Win at The Incredible Jimmy Smith site