Back at the Chicken Shack is an album by Jimmy Smith. It was recorded in 1960 and released in 1963 on the Blue Note label. Smith recorded the album in the same session as his previous album Midnight Special. It was cited in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[4]
| Back at the Chicken Shack | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 12, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | April 25, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz, soul jazz, hard bop | |||
| Length | 43:35 (CD), 37:50 (LP) | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Down Beat (Original LP release) |  [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Back at the Chicken Shack" | Jimmy Smith | 8:01 |
| 2. | "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" | Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | 9:54 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. | "Minor Chant" | Stanley Turrentine | 7:30 |
| 4. | "Messy Bessie" | Smith | 12:25 |
| Total length: | 37:50 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "On the Sunny Side of the Street" | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | 5:45 |
| Total length: | 43:35 | ||
Personnel
editProduction
edit- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
References
edit- ^ Back at the Chicken Shack at AllMusic
- ^ Down Beat: April 11, 1963 vol. 30, no. 9
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.
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