Crazy! Baby Explained

Crazy! Baby
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Incredible Jimmy Smith
Cover:	Crazy! Baby.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	January 4, 1960
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	51:54 (CD)
Label:	Blue Note
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Chronology:	Jimmy Smith
Prev Title:	The Sermon
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Open House
Next Year:	1960

Crazy! Baby is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on January 4, 1960 and released on Blue Note later that year.^[1]

Production and recording

It was the first album Smith recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "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]

Track listing

Side 1

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

Side 2

1. "Sonnymoon for Two" (Sonny Rollins) – 7:15
2. "Mack the Knife" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:58
3. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 3:50
4. "Alfredo" (Jimmy Smith) – 4:30

CD reissue bonus tracks

8. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:26
9. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 5:38

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Quentin Warren – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Technical

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
• Reid Miles – design
• Bob Ganley – photography
• Leonard Feather – liner notes

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4000-series/#blp-4030 Blue Note discography
2. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=crazy-baby-r147747|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed November 26, 2010