A Date with Jimmy Smith

A Date with Jimmy Smith, Vols. One and Two are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded between February 11–13, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year.^[1][2]

A Date with Jimmy Smith
Volume One
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1957
Recorded	February 11–13, 1957 (1957-02-11 – 1957-02-13)
Studio	Manhattan Towers, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:02
Label	Blue Note BLP 1547 (Vol. One) BLP 1548 (Vol. Two)
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
At Club Baby Grand (1956) A Date with Jimmy Smith (1957) Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume One (1957)
A Date with Jimmy Smith
Volume Two
Singles from A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume One
"How High the Moon" Released: 1957

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic (Vol. 1)	[3]
AllMusic (Vol. 2)	[4]

AllMusic awarded each volume three-out-of-five stars.^[3][4]

Track listing

A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume One

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Falling in Love with Love"	Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers	February 11, 1957	12:09
2.	"How High the Moon"	Nancy Hamilton Morgan Lewis	February 13, 1957	6:00

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Funk's Oats"	Jimmy Smith	February 11, 1957	15:53

A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume Two

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"	Duke Ellington Irving Mills Henry Nemo John Redmond	February 11, 1957	16:59

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"I'm Getting Sentimental over You"	George Bassman Ned Washington	February 12, 1957	4:11
2.	"Groovy Date"	Hank Mobley	February 11, 1957	6:00

Personnel

Musicians

February 11, 1957

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Donald Byrd – trumpet
• Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
• Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
• Eddie McFadden – guitar
• Art Blakey – drums

February 12, 1957

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone

February 13, 1957

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Eddie McFadden – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
• Reid Miles – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Ira Gitler – liner notes

References

1. "Blue Note discography". Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
2. "Blue Note discography". Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
3. Yanow, Scott. A Date with Jimmy Smith, Vol. 1: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
4. Yanow, Scott. A Date with Jimmy Smith, Vol. 2: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2023.