Since September 2010, this blog has recorded the journey of this music junkie as I attempt to listen to all the music in my CD collection. CDs revisited in their entirety from start to finish - no skipping tracks, no shuffle. Compact Discs only - no vinyl, no tapes, no files.

Friday, August 28, 2026

Jimmy Smith at Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2 (1956)

CD cover art

Note: the CD I listened to was the mono 2008 Rudy Van Gelder Edition.

If a little bit is good, more is better.

Smith - organ
Thornel Schwartz - guitar
Donald Bailey - drums

Original liner notes by Leonard Feather. 2008 reissue liner notes by Bob Blumenthal.

Reviews/ratings:
  • The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks, with favorites indicated:


 Title Writer(s)
1 Caravan Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington, ✔
2 Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster
3 Get Happy Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
4 It's All Right With Me Cole Porter ✔


Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None

Previously revisited for the blog:
The Best of Jimmy Smith (1988)Midnight Special (1961)
Keep On Comin' (1983)Crazy! Baby (1960)
The Dynamic Duo (1967)Houseparty (1958)
Back At The Chicken Shack (1963)The Sermon! (1958)
Home Cookin' (1961)At Club Baby Grand, Vol. 1 (1956)

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