Crazy! Baby

Crazy! Baby
Studio album by
the Incredible Jimmy Smith
Released1960
RecordedJanuary 4, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length51:54 (CD)
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
The Sermon
(1959) 		Crazy! Baby
(1960) 		Open House
(1960)
Singles from Crazy! Baby
  1. "Mack the Knife"
    Released: 1960

Crazy! Baby is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on January 4, 1960 and released on Blue Note later that year.[1]

Production and recording

It was the first album Smith recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Smith is heard in peak form... Despite claims and some strong challenges by others, there has never been a jazz organist on the level of Jimmy Smith."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Traditional) – 7:58
  2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:57
  3. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:40

Side 2

  1. "Sonnymoon for Two" (Sonny Rollins) – 7:15
  2. "Mack the Knife" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:58
  3. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 3:50
  4. "Alfredo" (Jimmy Smith) – 4:30

CD reissue bonus tracks

  2. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:26
  3. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 5:38

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

References

  1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 26, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed November 26, 2010
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.