The Cat (album)

The Cat
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	September 1964
Recorded	April 27, 1964 – April 29, 1964 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:44
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor

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The Cat is a 1964 album by Jimmy Smith. It features the sound of Smith's Hammond B-3 organ with big band arrangements by composer Lalo Schifrin. The album reached number 12 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.

The track "The Cat" has been sampled by Pizzicato 5 Twiggy Twiggy and The Orb Perpetual Dawn (Ultrabass 2) ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Theme from Joy House" (Lalo Schifrin) – 4:38
2. "The Cat" (from Joy House) (Lalo Schifrin, Rick Ward) – 3:24
3. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 4:00
4. "Main Title from The Carpetbaggers" (Elmer Bernstein, Ray Colcord) – 3:56
5. "Chicago Serenade" (Eddie Harris) – 3:55
6. "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) – 3:18
7. "Delon's Blues" (Smith) – 4:48
8. "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:45

Personnel

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Ray Alonge – french horn
• Earl Chapin
• Bill Correa
• Jimmy Buffington
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Don Butterfield – tuba
• Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
• Urbie Green
• George Duvivier – bass
• Bernie Glow – trumpet
• Thad Jones
• Jimmy Maxwell
• Marky Markowitz
• Ernie Royal
• Snooky Young
• Lalo Schifrin – arranger, conductor
• Phil Kraus – percussion
• Tony Studd – bass trombone
• Grady Tate – drums

References

1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
2. http://www.whosampled.com/Jimmy-Smith/?sp=2

• The Cat [CD liner notes]. 2005. The Verve Music Group.