The Sounds of Jimmy Smith is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded over February 11–13, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year.
Track listing:
Side 1
“There Will Never Be Another You” (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 5:35
“The Fight” (Jimmy Smith) – 5:05
“Blue Moon” (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 8:42
Side 2
“All the Things You Are” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:37
“Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart” (James F. Hanley) – 8:37
“Somebody Loves Me” (Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, George Gershwin) – 5:14
Bonus tracks on 2003 CD reissue:
“First Night Blues” (Smith) – 8:06
“Cherokee” (Ray Noble) – 8:12
“The Third Day” (Smith) – 6:41
Recorded at Manhattan Towers in New York City on February 11 (tracks 5 & 7), February 12 (track 6) and February 13 (tracks 1-4, 8 & 9), 1957
Personnel:
February 11, 1957
Jimmy Smith – organ
Eddie McFadden – guitar
Art Blakey – drums
February 12 & 13, 1957
Jimmy Smith – organ
Eddie McFadden – guitar (except “The Fight”, “All the Things You Are”, “The Third Day”)
Donald Bailey – drums (except “The Fight”, “All the Things You Are”, “The Third Day”)
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Released: 1957
Recorded: February 11–13, 1957
Studio: Manhattan Towers, NYC
Length: 38:50
Label: Blue Note
BLP 1556
Producer: Alfred Lion












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