- jazz
- 33 min
- 8 tracks
- Verve
The Cat is a 1964 album by Jimmy Smith. It features Smith on Hammond B-3 organ with big band arrangements by composer Lalo Schifrin. The album reached number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. Its title track peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the weeks of September 26 and October 3, 1964.
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Spare, classical in form, intimate and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 ★
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Tracks
- A1Theme From "Joy House"4:41
- A2The Cat (From The Motion Picture "Joy House")3:27
- A3Basin Street Blues4:02
- A4Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers"4:00
- B1Chicago Serenade4:00
- B2St. Louis Blues3:20
- B3Delon's Blues4:50
- B4Blues In The Night4:49
8 tracks, 33 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jimmy Smith
- Label
- Verve
- Released
- 1964
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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