Crazy! Baby is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on January 4, 1960 and released on Blue Note later that year.Blue Note discography accessed November 26, 2010
Production and recording It was the first album Smith recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Smith is heard in peak form... Despite claims and some strong challenges by others, there has never been a jazz organist on the level of Jimmy Smith."Yanow, S. [ AllMusic Review] accessed November 26, 2010
Track listing
Side 1 "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Traditional) – 7:58 "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:57 "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:40
Side 2 "Sonnymoon for Two" (Sonny Rollins) – 7:15 "Mack the Knife" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:58 "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 3:50 "Alfredo" (Jimmy Smith) – 4:30
CD reissue bonus tracks "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:26 "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 5:38
Personnel Musicians Jimmy Smith – organ Quentin Warren – guitar Donald Bailey – drums
Technical Alfred Lion – producer Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering Reid Miles – design Bob Ganley – photography Leonard Feather – liner notes
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