Track Listing

1. Come Rain or Come Shine
2. Gypsy in My Soul
3. Embraceable You
4. Misty
5. As Long as There's Music
6. 'Round Midnight
7. This Can't Be Love
8. Blues Chorale
9. Prelude
10. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
11. Let's Fall in Love
12. I Can't Get Started
13. Some of These Days
14. You Took Advantage of Me
15. Over the Rainbow
16. Out of Nowhere
17. Prelude to a Kiss
18. Poco Loco
19. Hippo, The Sentimental Hippy
20. It's You or No One

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63616 in Music
• Released on: 2001-09-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
Originally released on Roulette Jazz, Johnny Smith- The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar. Two 1960 albums by this virtuoso guitarist are issued on CD for he first time: The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (tracks 1-10) with Hank Jones, George Duvivier and Ed Shaughnessy and Plus The Trio (tracks 11-20) with his regular group. Famous for his version of "Moonlight In Vermont" with Stan Getz and as the composer of the Ventures hit "Walk, Don't Run," Smith has become an important guiter hero as well as a solid, respected artist.

The 20 performances include standards and jazz classics by Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell and Duke Ellington. All tracks are newly remixed and mastered in 24-bit with great result.

Personnel on tracks 1-9:

Johnny Smith: Guitar.
Hank Jones: Piano.
George Duvuver: Bass.
Ed Shaughnessy: Drums.

Personnel on tracks 1-20:
Johnny Smith: Guitar.
Bob Pancoast: Piano.
George Roumanis: Bass.
Mousey Alexander: Drums.
Recorded in New York City in 1960 & 1961.

Customer Reviews

Johnny Smith - Mr Jazz Guitar
If you are a collector or starting to build a collection of eclectic jazz guitar work, this album should find its way into your collection, easily. Like the majority of Johnny's work,
he shows time and again, that he belongs at the very top with the Jazz Guitar immortals. His cleanliness, speed and overall
versatility is always graced with his impecable taste and song
selection. There is alot of music here and all of it worth listening to over and over again. "Gypsy In My Soul" and 'Round Midnight' are two of my favorites here. Enjoy!

Johnny Smith, The sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar
Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Raney, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow. Some great jazz guitar legends. Add to that Johnny Smith. Barney Kessel said there were some guitar players as good as Johnny Smith but none better. This is one great cd. It is actually 2 albums released in the early 60's. This stuff all kicks. What a master of clear musicality in his playing. He attacks the bop numbers, plays ballads beautifully, and can lay down the blues. Any young guitarist wanting to hear a genious that never sacrifices the song for hollow stabs at technical virtuosity will love the man's playing. If you have never heard him before listen to "Gypsy in My Soul" It will make you a believer.

Just Perfect!
This is one of the best jazz guitar albums one can listen to. Johnny Smith is a master. No wonder all jazz guitar players are crazy about him.