Open House is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1960, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1968.Blue Note discography accessed November 25, 2010 The album didn't appear on CD until being reissued in 1992, as a twofer which also included Plain Talk, compiling all the recordings from the session.
Reception The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a fast-paced studio jam session".Erlewine, M. [ Allmusic Review] accessed November 26, 2010
Track listing "Open House" (Jimmy Smith) – 16:15 "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) – 4:49 "Sista Rebecca" (Smith) – 10:54 "Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 6:05
Personnel Musicians Jimmy Smith – organ Quentin Warren – guitar Donald Bailey – drums
Additional musicians Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1, 3) Jackie McLean – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4; feature track 4) Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 3; feature track 2)
Technical Alfred Lion – producer Rudy Van Gelder – engineer Reid Miles – design Francis Wolff – photography Leonard Feather – liner notes
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