Jimmy Smith Midnight Special CD

Midnight Special Music

List Price	$9.93 (You save $0.74)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Guitar, Organ
Label	Blue Note
Orig Year	1960
All Time Sales Rank	60797
CD Universe Part number	7498173
Catalog number	92775
Discs	1
Release Date	Sep 25, 2007
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Alfred Lion; Alfred Lion; Michael Cuscuna (Reissue)
Engineer	Rudy VanGelder
Recording Time	36 minutes
Personnel	Jimmy Smith - organ Jimmy Smith - organ Donald Bailey - drums Jimmy Allen Smith - organ Also: Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine
Additional Info	Reissue; Remastered

Jimmy Smith Midnight Special Songs

1.	Midnight Special	$1.87
2.	Subtle One, A	$1.87
3.	Jumpin' the Blues	$0.99
4.	Why Was I Born?
5.	One O'Clock Jump	$0.99

Midnight Special Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

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Good effort featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor sax and Kenny Burrell on guitar. This enjoy this and earlier JS recordings. The later ones get more into commercial styles.
Submitted by garyfcarangelo (NJ, USA)
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