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A New Sound... A New Star... (subtitled Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. 1) is the debut album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's following two LP's A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 and The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ.

A New Sound... A New Star...
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1956
Recorded	February 18, 1956
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:04
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
A New Sound... A New Star... (1956) A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (1956)
Singles from A New Sound... A New Star...
"Midnight Sun" Released: 1957

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	(CD reissue) [3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated:

"The debut of organist Jimmy Smith on records (he was already 30) was a major event, for he introduced a completely new and very influential style on the organ, one that virtually changed the way the instrument is played".[2]

Track listing

1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 5:04
2. "You Get 'Cha" – 4:23 (Jimmy Smith)
3. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 4:26
4. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:49
5. "The High and the Mighty" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
6. "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:30
7. "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) – 4:35
8. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:56
9. "Joy" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 3:13
   • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on February 18, 1956

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Thornel Schwartz – guitar
• Bay Perry – drums

Technical

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Reid Miles – cover design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Babs Gonzales – liner notes

References

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A New Sound… A New Star… (untertitelt Jimmy Smith at the Organ Vol. 1) ist das Debütalbum des US-amerikanischen Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith, das er gemeinsam mit dem Gitarristen Thornell Schwartz (Gitarre) und dem Schlagzeuger Bay Perry (Schlagzeug) eingespielt hat.[1]

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