Jimmy Smith - The Cat - Acoustic Sounds Series LP

180g Vinyl LP — Acoustic Sounds Series

The Cat is jazz organist Jimmy Smith's 1964 album, a chart-making release that reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. Featuring Smith on the Hammond B-3, it pairs tasteful big-band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin with plenty of bluesy, swinging playing from the great organist. Verve's Acoustic Sounds series offers definitive audiophile-grade reissues, mastered from the original analog tapes and pressed at Quality Record Pressings.

Features

• 180g vinyl LP
• Acoustic Sounds Series reissue
• Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Stoughton Printing gatefold tip-on jacket
• Label: Verve

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith — organ
• Lalo Schifrin — conductor, arranger
• Kenny Burrell — guitar
• George Duvivier — bass
• Grady Tate — drums
• Phil Kraus — percussion
• With full brass section (trumpets, trombones, French horns, tuba)

Track Listing

Side One:

1. Theme From "Joy House"
2. The Cat
3. Basin Street Blues
4. Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers"

Side Two:

1. Chicago Serenade
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Delon's Blues
4. Blues in the Night