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Personnel:
Jimmy Smith (org), Donald Byrd (tp), Lou Donaldson (as), Hank Mobley (ts), Eddie McFadden (g), Art Blakey, Donald Bailey (d)
Reference: FSRCD 623
Bar code: 8427328606233
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These 1957 sessions were the first Jimmy Smith did with horns after his recording debut the previous year. With the calibre of the top-rank musicians involved Smith, the first to translate Birds innovations to the organ, altoist Donaldson, the blues-drenched Bird follower, and both Mobley and Byrd contributing some thoughtful blowing of their own on tenor and trumpet respectively - the overall results were rewarding.
In the rhythm section, McFaddens warm guitar offered another colour to the organ-and-horns sound, and Blakey, as always, was a force of nature on drums in this no-holds-barred meeting of modern minds.