Plays Pretty Just for You explained

Plays Pretty Just for You
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jimmy Smith at the Organ
Cover:	Plays Pretty Just for You.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	May 8, 1957
Studio:	Manhattan Towers, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:39
Label:	Blue Note BLP 1563
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Chronology:	Jimmy Smith
Prev Title:	The Sounds of Jimmy Smith
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Jimmy Smith Trio + LD
Next Year:	1957

Plays Pretty Just for You is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded on May 8, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

Side 1

"The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 5:44
"The Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) – 4:57
"East of the Sun" (Brooks Bowman) – 6:06
"Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 4:24

Side 2

"Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Val Burton, Will Jason) – 5:29
"The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 4:29
"I Can't Get Started" (Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:48
"Old Devil Moon" (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) – 5:42

Personnel

Musicians

Jimmy Smith – organ
Eddie McFadden – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums

Technical personnel

Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
Tom Hannan – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-1500-series/#blp-1563 Blue Note discography
Allmusic Review