GROOVE ADDICT: JIMMY SMITH STAY LOOSE

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Read an article on a post Bob Stanley on Guardian

"In the summer, the scene would move en masse to Ostend, Belgium's equivalent to Blackpool. DJ Freddy Cousaert played at the Groove, a late night downstairs bar frequented by US marines, lovers of blues and soul music and tourists, it was Cousaert who later looked after Marvin Gaye during his 80s sejourn in Ostend. The music he played at the Groove included ska, Latin jazz and even Broadway songs such as Stranger in Paradise, or Whatever Lola Wants from Damn Yankees...."

mercredi 7 novembre 2012

JIMMY SMITH STAY LOOSE

Publié par Michel Legistre

VERVE RECORDS 1968 V6-8745

Gatefold Sleeve

credits:

Arranged By, Conductor [Orchestra] – Tom McIntosh

(tracks: A1, A2, A3, B1)

Art Direction – Acy R. Lehman*

Bass – James Tyrell*, Jimmy Merritt* (tracks: A4, B2, B3)

Drums – Grady Tate

Guitar – Carl Lynch, Phil Upchurch (tracks: A4, B2, B3)

Liner Notes – Sidney Eden

Organ, Vocals – Jimmy Smith

Percussion – Johnny Pacheco

Reeds – Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell,

Pepper Adams

Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine (tracks: A4, B2, B3)

Trombone – Alan Ralph*, Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland

Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Snookie Young*, Joe Newman

Vocals – Carline Ray (tracks: A2, B2), Eileen Gilbert

(tracks: A2, B2), Melba Moorman (tracks: A2, B2)

Recorded at A&R Recording Studios,

NYC, January 29, 1968

Engineer – Phil Ramone

Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin

Photography By – Howell Conant

Producer – Esmond Edwards

tracks list:

A1 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town

Written-By – William Weldon