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Crazy! Baby

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Crazy! Baby
Studio album by
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

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

Reception

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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

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Side 1

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  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

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  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

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

Personnel

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Musicians

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Technical

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References

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  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.