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House Party

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

House Party is the tenth studio album by the organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on 25 August 1957 and 25 February 1958 and released in 1958 on Blue Note. It was his fourteenth release for that label. In those years Blue Note used the Manhattan Towers Hotel Ballroom in New York for larger groups or when New York was more practical for the musicians. The engineer Rudy Van Gelder was still working in his parents' house in Hackensack at that time. House Party was the first of two Smith albums recorded on two different dates; the second was The Sermon!.

Those playing on the sessions included Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks and George Coleman on saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar and Art Blakey on drums. An AllMusic reviewer felt that the real pleasure lies in hearing the music itself.

Listening

Listening tip. In Lover Man, listen to how small the line-up is: no trumpet and no tenor saxophone play here.

Track list

  1. 1Au Privave15:07Apple Music ↗
  2. 2Lover Man6:59Apple Music ↗
  3. 3Just Friends15:14Apple Music ↗
  4. 4Blues After All6:04Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

Categories: Albums and songs