Crazy! Baby

Crazy! Baby
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released 1960
Recorded January 4, 1960
Genre Jazz
Length 51:54
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Home Cookin'
(1958-59)
Crazy! Baby
(1960)
Open House
(1960)

Crazy! Baby is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD with two bonus tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "Smith is heard in peak form... Despite claims and some strong challenges by others, there has never been a jazz organist on the level of Jimmy Smith".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing

  1. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Traditional) - 7:58
  2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 4:57
  3. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:40
  4. "Sonnymoon for Two" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:15
  5. "Mack the Knife" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 4:58
  6. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 3:50
  7. "Alfredo" (Jimmy Smith) 4:30
  8. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 6:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) - 5:38 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. Blue Note discography accessed November 26, 2010
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2010
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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