Search - Jimmy Smith :: Midnight Blues

Not Good

A. C. Milnes | Australia | 06/28/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Recorded straight from a vinyl record instead of the master tapes everything about this CD is cheap. The sound quality is passable apart from the first track which sounds like its about to jump its so bad. It sounds here like Jimmy Smith is backing some RnB sax player like Sam the Man Taylor. Not very jazzy and not very good. It only runs to 24 mins as well"

Beware

K. R. Williams | melbourne, australia | 03/26/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"The sound is woeful, it is clearly taken from a rough LP _ the scratches are extraordinary on track one; you wouldn't give someone a homemade tape of this standard. Worse, it's not Jimmy Smith aural evidence, and a little research, suggests it's Dave ''Baby'' Cortez. In fact, Cortez is named in the writing credits."

Garbage with no historical value!

Terje Biringvad | Oslo, Norway | 08/09/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Two reasons not to pay any attention or even considering bying this non-official Jimmy Smith album - 1) Audio quality is so poor that the CD transfer must be from an scratchy LP or cassette 2) Tunes drawn from Baby Cortez albums - no Jimmy Smith album. If you're considering Jimmy Smith albums recorded prior to his solo debut on Blue Note Records in 1955, check out the 1953 -54 recorded albums "Jug Head" and "The Fantastic Jimmy Smith" with the Don Gardner Trio."