Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams is a 1996 album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith. The album was Smith's penultimate album, and his last recording for five years.Discogs accessed March 20, 2015
On the Billboard Top Jazz Album charts Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams peaked at number 22.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and wrote that "Despite the constant changing of instrumentation, the results (although pleasant) are uneventful and somewhat predictable. Good for late-night background music rather than for close listening."
Track listing "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) - 7:00 "You Better Go Now" (Robert Graham, Bickley S. Reichmer) - 5:15 "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 8:00 "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:10 "Slow Freight" (Ray Bryant) - 5:52 "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 6:25 "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 7:00 "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 6:15 "What a Wonderful World" (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 4:25
Personnel Musicians Jimmy Smith – organ, arranger Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn, trumpet Nicholas Payton – trumpet Mark Whitfield – guitar Christian McBride – double bass Damon Krukowski – drums, percussion Gregory Hutchinson – drums
Production Richard Seidel – liner notes, producer Allan Tucker – mastering Chris Albert – mixing assistant Jimmy Katz – photography James Minchin Don Sickler – producer Camille Tominaro – production coordinator Jim Anderson – engineer, mixing Giulio Turturro – art direction, design Scott Austin – assistant engineer
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