Any Number Can Win (album) explained

Any Number Can Win
Type:	album
Artist:	Jimmy Smith
Cover:	Any Number Can Win (album).jpg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	July 10,17,25 & 29, 1963
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:03 CD reissue
Label:	Verve V-8618
Producer:	Creed Taylor (original), Richard Seidel (reissue)
Chronology:	Jimmy Smith
Prev Title:	Hobo Flats
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Blue Bash!
Next Year:	1963

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

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.

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 Dedicated to Clarence Avant

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ
• Bob Bushnell – bass guitar (tracks 2, 5, 10)
• Art Davis – double bass (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
• George Duvivier – double bass (tracks 6-7)
• Milt Hinton – double bass (tracks 3, 8)
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
• Doug Allen – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7)
• Mel Lewis – drums (tracks 6-7)
• Billy Mure – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7)
• Kenny Burrell – guitar (tracks 3, 5-8)
• Vince Gambella – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7)
• George Devens – percussion (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
• Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Paul Faulise – trombone (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
• Charlie Shavers – trumpet (tracks 1-2, 4)
• Snooky Young – trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
• Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
• Joe Newman – trumpet (tracks 1-2, 4-5 9-10)
• James Sedlar – trumpet (track 5)
• Budd Johnson – woodwind (tracks 1-2, 4-5 9-10)
• Jerome Richardson – woodwind (track 5)
• Jerry Dodgion, Marvin Halladay, Phil Woods, Seldon Powell – woodwinds (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)

Technical

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Billy Byers – arranger (tracks 2, 4, 10)
• Claus Ogerman – arranger (tracks 1, 9), conductor (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
• Richard Seidel – reissue production
• Rudy Van Gelder, Phil Macy, Phil Ramone - recording engineers
• Val Valentin - director of engineering

Chart performance

Single

External links

• Any Number Can Win at The Incredible Jimmy Smith site

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=any-number-can-win-mw0000601108|pure_url=yes}} Any Number Can Win]. AllMusic. March 23, 2015.
2. Web site: Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith. December 3, 2017.
3. Web site: Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith. December 3, 2017.