LOUIS SMITH "SMITHVILLE" MM, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, SO, RVG, NEW/SEALED
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LOUIS SMITH "SMITHVILLE"
MUSIC MATTERS, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER MMBLP-1594, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE TAPE AND PRESSED BY RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"LOUIS SMITH WAS ONE OF THE MOST VITAL JAZZ TRUMPETERS OF THE LATE 1950'S. HIS BEAUTIFUL TONE, FLUENT STYLE AND EXCITING SOLOS COMPETED WITH LEE MORGAN AND EVEN MILES DAVIS. "SMITHVILLE", FROM 1958, FEATURES HIM AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWERS. RECORDED THE SAME YEAR AS SMITH'S HEATED APPEARANCE AT THE NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL WITH HORACE SILVER, "SMITHVILLE" FEATURES THE TRUMPETER INTERACTING WITH TENOR-SAXOPHONIST CHARLIE ROUSE AND PIANIST SONNY CLARK ON SOME STUNNING PERFORMANCES."
"THE TITLE CUT, A LENGTHY THEMELESS BLUES, IS FULL OF CREATIVE SOLOS, "WETU" IS EXPLOSIVE (WITH ROUSE CHALLENGING SMITH), AND "EMBRACEABLE YOU" CONTAINS EMOTIONAL SOLOS THAT MAKE THE GERSHWIN BALLAD SOUND BRAND NEW. LOUIS SMITH PROVES TO BE A MASTERFUL PLAYER WHOSE SOLOS ARE FULL OF SURPRISES AND HONEST EMOTIONS. "SMITHVILLE" IS A GEM THAT ALL HARD BOP COLLECTORS WILL CHERISH."
1) SMITHVILLE 2) WETU 3) EMBRACEABLE YOU 4) THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU 5) LATER
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