BOOKLET

 

Artist: JIMMY SMITH

Title: ROCKIN’ THE BOAT

Released: 1963

Recorded: February 7, 1963

Genre: Jazz

Length: 38:29

Label: Blue Note. 1994 Japan Edition (TOCJ-4141)

Producer: Alfred Lion

Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

***Tracks:

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated

1.”When My Dreamboat Comes Home” (Cliff Friend, Dave Franklin) – 7:29

2.”Pork Chop” (Lou Donaldson) – 7:39

3.”Matilda, Matilda!” (Harry Thomas) – 2:59

4.”Can Heat” – 5:24

5.”Please Send Me Someone to Love” (Percy Mayfield) – 6:14

6.”Just a Closer Walk With Thee” (Traditional) – 3:48

7.”Trust in Time” (Wever-Ager Schwartz) – 4:56

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on February 7, 1963

***Personnel

Jimmy Smith – organ

Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone

Quentin Warren – guitar

Donald Bailey – drums

“Big” John Patton – tamborine (tracks 2, 3 & 6)

***Review from http://www.allmusic.com/:

by Scott Yanow

★ ★ ★ ★

Organist Jimmy Smith’s next-to-last LP for Blue Note after a very extensive seven-year period is up to his usual level. With altoist Lou Donaldson joining Smith’s regular group (which included guitarist Quentin Warren and drummer Donald Bailey), the quartet swings with soul on such fine numbers as “When My Dream Boat Comes Home,” “Can Heat,” “Please Send Me Someone to Love” and “Just a Closer Walk with Thee.” With the exception of the closing ballad, “Trust in Me,” all seven of the selections are closely related to the blues.