Straight Life is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 2007.Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
Reception The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3½ stars stating
Track listing All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated "Straight Life" – 5:09 "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:09 "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 6:03 "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will Harris, V. Young) – 4:52 "Minor Fare" – 5:39 "Swanee" (Irving Caesar, George Gershwin) – 2:28 "Jimmy's Blues" – 5:43 "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:59 "Here's to My Lady" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) – 4:55 "Minor Fare" [alternate take] – 5:15 Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 22, 1961
Personnel Musicians Jimmy Smith – organ Quentin Warren – guitar Donald Bailey – drums
Technical Alfred Lion – producer Rudy Van Gelder – engineer Francis Wolff – photography
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