Prayer Meetin'

Prayer Meetin'
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1964
Recorded	February 8, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:16 original LP 55:23 CD reissue
Label	Blue Note BST 84164
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Rockin' the Boat (1963) Prayer Meetin' (1963) Hobo Flats (1963)

Prayer Meetin' is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1] The album was rereleased on CD with two bonus tracks from the same session.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Prayer Meetin' is a delight from start to finish".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated

1. "Prayer Meeting" - 5:45
2. "I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 9:25
3. "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" (Wilmoth Houdini) - 3:43
4. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Traditional) - 6:15
5. "Red Top" (Gene Ammons) - 7:38
6. "Picnickin'" - 6:30
7. "Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) - 8:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Smith Walk" - 7:12 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Quentin Warren – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

NOTE "Lonesome Road" and "Smith Walk" Bonus tracks on CD reissue are from a 1960 session with Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Donald Bailey, plus Kenny Burrell, guitar, and Sam Jones, bass.

References

1. Blue Note discography accessed November 26, 2010
2. Leggett, 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.