Jimmy Smith was the first organ player to make the Hammond organ effectively serve as a group, providing walking basslines wih his feet, chordal accompaniment with his left hand and a solo line in his right.

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1

1. The Champ
2. Falling In Love With Love
3. Funk's Oats
4. Groovy Date
5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
6. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart
7. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Disc 2

1. Summertime
2. Somebody Loves Me
3. Plum Nellie
4. Billie's Bounce
5. Yardbird Suite
6. There's A Small Hotel
7. All Day Long
8. All The Things You Are
9. The Flight
10. There Will Never Be Another You

Disc 3

1. How High The Moon
2. Buns A Plenty
3. The Duel
4. Blue Moon
5. Blues After All
6. Just Friends
7. J.O.S
8. After Hours

Disc 4

1. My Funny Valentine
2. Slightly Monkish
3. Laura
4. Just Friends
5. Imagination
6. Lover Man
7. Body And Soul
8. Indiana

PROPERBOX 139 JIMMY SMITH ELECTRIFYIN’ DISCOGRAPHY DISC ONE : THE CHAMP



Jimmy Smith, org; Thornel Schwartz, g; Donald Bailey, d.
New York, March 11, 1956

THE CHAMP

Donald Byrd, tp; Lou Donaldson, as; Hank Mobley, ts; Jimmy Smith, org; Eddie McFadden, g; Art Blakey, d.
New York, February 11, 1957

FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE
FUNK’S OATS
GROOVY DATE
I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART

Same date, but omit horns

ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART

Lou Donaldson, as; Jimmy Smith, org.
New York, February 12, 1957

I’M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU



PROPERBOX 139 JIMMY SMITH ELECTRIFYIN’ DISCOGRAPHY DISC TWO : ALL DAY LONG

Lou Donaldson, as; Jimmy Smith, org
New York, February 12, 1957

SUMMERTIME

Same session on above, but add Eddie McFadden, g: Donald Bailey, d; omit Lou Donaldson

SOMEBODY LOVES ME

Same sessions above, but add Lou Donaldson

PLUM NELLIE

Lou Donaldson, as (-1); Jimmy Smith, org; Kenny Burrell, g; Art Bakey, d.
New York, February 12, 1957

BILLIE’S BOUNCE (-1)
YARDBIRD SUITE (-1)
THERE’S A SMALL HOTEL
ALL DAY LONG (-1)

Jimmy Smith, org; Eddie McFadden, g; Donald Bailey, d.
New York, February 13, 1957

ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (Omit, g; d)
THE FLIGHT (OMIT, g; d)
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU

PROPERBOX 139 JIMMY SMITH ELECTRIFYIN’ DISCOGRAPHY DISC THREE : BLUES AFTER ALL



Jimmy Smith, org; Eddie McFadden, g; Donald Bailey, d; Art Blakey, d replaces Donald Bailey and Eddie McFadden out on (-1)
New York, February 13, 1957

HOW HIGH THE MOON
BUNS A PLENTY
THE DUEL (-1)
BLUE MOON

Lee Morgan, tp; Curtis Fuller, tb; George Coleman, as; Jimmy Smith, org; Kenny Burrell, g; Donald Bailey, d.
New York August 25, 1957

BLUES AFTER ALL

Same session as above, but Eddie McFadden, g replaces Kenny Burrell

JUST FRIENDS

Same session as above, but omit Curtis Fuller

J.O.S.

Jimmy Smith, org; Eddie McFadden, g; Donald Bailey, d.
Smalls’ Paradise, New York, November 14 & 18, 1957

AFTER HOURS


PROPERBOX 139 JIMMY SMITH ELECTRIFYIN’ DISCOGRAPHY DISC FOUR : IMAGINATION



Jimmy Smith, org; Eddie McFadden, g; Donald Bailey, d
Smalls’ Paradise, New York November 14 & 18, 1957

MY FUNNY VALENTINE
SLIGHTLY MONKISH
LAURA
JUST FRIENDS
IMAGINATION
LOVER MAN
BODY AND SOUL
INDIANA