Straight Life (Jimmy Smith album) explained

Straight Life
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jimmy Smith
Cover:	Straight Life (Jimmy Smith album).jpg
Released:	2007
Recorded:	June 22, 1961
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:12
Label:	Blue Note BST 85192
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Chronology:	Jimmy Smith
Prev Title:	Back at the Chicken Shack
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Plays Fats Waller
Next Year:	1962

Straight Life is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 2007.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3½ stars stating

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated

1. "Straight Life" – 5:09
2. "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:09
3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 6:03
4. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will Harris, V. Young) – 4:52
5. "Minor Fare" – 5:39
6. "Swanee" (Irving Caesar, George Gershwin) – 2:28
7. "Jimmy's Blues" – 5:43
8. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:59
9. "Here's to My Lady" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) – 4:55
10. "Minor Fare" [alternate take] – 5:15

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 22, 1961

Personnel

Musicians

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

Technical

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Francis Wolff – photography

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/discography-1961-1962/#610622 Blue Note discography