The Incredible Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special (Vinyl) 1988 Don't Mug Yourself

Don't Mug Yourself

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The Incredible Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special (Vinyl) 1988 Don't Mug YourselfIts a testament to Jimmy Smiths volcanic creativity that the Hammond B3 organ firebrand recorded not one but two soul jazz classics Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack in a single day when he entered Van Gelder Studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums. Smith had been a self taught pianist before abandoning the instrument in 1954 in favor of the organ, renting a