Hobo Flats Explained

Hobo Flats
Type:	album
Artist:	Jimmy Smith
Cover:	Hobo Flats.jpeg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	March 15 & 20, 1963 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	31:26 CD reissue
Label:	Verve V6-8544
Producer:	Creed Taylor
Chronology:	Jimmy Smith
Prev Title:	Prayer Meetin'
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Any Number Can Win
Next Year:	1963

Hobo Flats is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson.^[1] It was Smith's second album for Verve Records.

On the Billboard 200 Hobo Flats peaked at number 11, and the title track was released as a single and peaked at number 69.

Billboard magazine included Hobo Flats in its 'Pop Spotlight' for the week of 27 April 1963.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 3½ stars stating that

Track listing

1. "Hobo Flats" (Oliver Nelson) – 4:46
2. "Blueberry Hill" (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) – 4:56
3. "Walk Right In" (Gus Cannon, Erik Darling, Hosea Woods) – 3:32
4. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 4:23
5. "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) – 6:16
6. "Meditation (Meditação)" (Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) – 3:06
7. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 4:27

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• George Dorsey, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
• Al Cohn, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson – trombone
• Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry – trumpet
• George Duvivier, Milt Hinton – double bass
• Jimmy Johnson, Jr., John "Dandy" Rodriguez, Bill Rodriquez – drums
• Buddy Lucas - harmonica (Track 1 only)

Production

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
• Val Valentin – director of engineering
• Bob Simpson – engineer
• Kevin Reeves – digital remastering
• Hollis King – art direction
• Isabelle Wong – package design
• Chuck Stewart – photography
• Del Shields – liner notes
• Andy Kman – production coordination
• Ray Hall – re-recording engineer
• Harry Weinger – reissue supervisor\

Chart performance

Single

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Smith-Hobo-Flats/release/2082248 Discogs
2. Billboard . Album Reviews: Billboard Spotlight Pick . 27 April 1963 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 27 . 0006-2510.
3. Web site: Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith. December 3, 2017.
4. Web site: Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith. December 3, 2017.