Blue Note

Plain Talk

Jimmy Smith

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Recorded	1968
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BST 84296
Released	1968
Personnel	9 credited players
Discogs	master 300972

The record

Jimmy Smith's Hammond with a full front line on top of it -- Blue Mitchell's trumpet, Jackie McLean's alto, Ike Quebec's tenor -- and Quentin Warren and Donald Bailey doing the unglamorous work of keeping the groove locked. Only four tracks, which leaves room to stretch: 'Big Fat Mama' and the title tune are the blowing vehicles, 'My One And Only Love' the ballad. Blue Note BST 84296, issued 1968.

Tracks

Big Fat Mama
My One And Only Love
Plain Talk
Time After Time

Session personnel

Jackie McLean — Alto Saxophone
Donald Bailey — Drums
Quentin Warren — Guitar
Nat Hentoff — Liner Notes
Jimmy Smith — Organ [Hammond]
Photo Media — Photography By [Cover Photo]
Alfred Lion — Producer
Ike Quebec — Tenor Saxophone
Blue Mitchell — Trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.

1968	Blue Note · BST 84296 — Vinyl LP Album earliest on file
1968	Blue Note · BST 84296 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1982	Applause Records · APBL-2303 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · BST 84296 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
—	Applause Records · APBC 4411 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · BST 84296 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, United Artists · RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · BST 84296 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1968	Blue Note · BST 84296 K — Vinyl, LP, Album
1968	Blue Note · BST 84296 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1968	Blue Note · SLYL 933558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label, Stereo
1968	Blue Note · BLC 84296 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1981	Applause Records · APBL-2303 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
—	Applause Records · APBC 2303 — CD, Album, Reissue
—	Blue Note · BST 84296 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo