Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) ETJS-1.06 This 2nd session rounded out

This 2nd session rounded out the album with hard-charging performances of "Outer Forces" and "Jodo

The Nearness Of You

Original Release Year: 1964

Molly Johnson - vocals

Chit-Chatting

Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) ETJS-1.06 This 2nd session rounded outBlue Note, 1961 Its a testament to Jimmy Smiths volcanic creativity that the Hammond B3 organ firebrand recorded not one but two soul jazz classicsMidnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shackin a single day when he entered Van Gelder Studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums. Smith had been a self taught pianist before abandoning the instrument in 1954 in favor of the