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At Club Baby Grand is a live album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded at Club "Baby Grand" in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1956 and released in two volumes on the Blue Note label.[1]

At Club Baby Grand
Live album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1956
Recorded	August 4, 1956
Venue	Club Baby Grand, Wilmington, DE
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:26 Vol 1 40:24 Vol 2
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956) At Club Baby Grand (1956) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
Singles from At Club Baby Grand
"The New Preacher, Part 1" Released: 1957

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states:

"It's all Jimmy Smith in full flight, bubbling over with cascading notes and breathless detours, and if his studio work is generally more structured and considered (but only a little more so), this set shows him in what was his natural habitat, astounding an audience in a small club. Bailey keeps up with things and Schwartz gets a word in now and then, but this is Smith's show all the way".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

Volume One

1. Introduction by Mitch Thomas – 0:59
2. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) – 9:33
3. "Where or When" (Hart, Rodgers) – 9:17
4. "The Preacher" (Silver) – 11:55
5. "Rosetta" (Hines, Woode) – 10:08

Volume Two

1. "Caravan" (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) – 10:18
2. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Fain, Webster) – 10:46
3. "Get Happy" (Arlen, Koehler) – 7:27
4. "It's All Right with Me" (Porter) – 11:53

Recorded at Club "Baby Grand" in Wilmington, Delaware on August 4, 1956

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Thornel Schwartz – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Technical

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

References

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