Friday, May 7, 2021

1001 Albums: #28 - Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack
Blue Note, 1960


While I absolutely love this album's groundbreaking use of the Hammond organ, the album's cover has instantly slotted in to my all time Top Whatever. I love how straight forward it is! I love that bright red shirt. I love the literal chicken shack. I love that good boi sitting there for pets. Smith sets himself apart from a crowded field of jazzmen (remember, Jazz is none of my business) and creates a sound with a surprising amount of swagger. Dude made the organ cool. That's a feat on its own, but this was one of the most pleasant surprises I've come across in the book so far. An album I've put on a couple times already when I needed something to cook dinner to.

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