Back At The Chicken Shack

Really enjoyed the organ backed jazz with amazing sax solos. Just stayed at the same level the whole time and didn't disappoint.

Nice jazzy blues-y album. Definitely not driving music in my humble opinion, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I was cooking, or chilling on the sofa with a nice glass of something strong. Will probably come back to it when I need a good lounge ambience.

Fun and light bluesy jazz - nothing too memorable but will put you in a good mood if you put it on.

It’s okay

Pleasant jazz. Something that could be playing in the background at a chill café while talking to friends. But that's about it. Not much personality, not much to grab attention, nothing to really remember when the track has finished.

Really fun, very smooth and likable. A definitive and influential use of the Hammond B-3, easy to understand why it became a standard with people like Jimmy Smith doing this kind of work on it.

Soul Jazz comfort food. I like the tracks with Kenny Burrell on guitar best, particularly "Messy Bessie."

Nice sounding Jazz, very chill. I may be spoiled with things like Miles Davis on this list so this comes up a bit short for me in comparison, but still very nice.

Nice smooth Jazz. Enjoyed it.

Laatu ja albumi on laskeva suora.. Jos ei halua kuunnella musiikkia.. älä kuuntele.. pakko soitattaa mitään... Hankala keskittyä tämä soidessa... Viiraa päätä...

Vibes all the way through! It does raise concerns, though, as I feel like this does not qualify for being on this list. It is great, but not too unique

Kind of boring.

- Schön Melodisch - Bisschen Jazzig meine ich - Groovy

Niceeeee

I really wanted to like this but I just found so many of the keys voices really annoying lol

Nice lounge jazz Amazing bagground music

Rating: 7/10

Not my thing but better than Morrissey

I’m not a jazz guy. This was ok.

Its just jazzy music

I get the importance of the bridge between jazz, soul, and rock music...but, honestly, organ-centric jazz is just not my cup of tea.

Do no like jazz.

It made good background noise while cooking.

Pleasant but nothing new or innovative

Fantastic jazz album filled with great solos.

Amazing laid back jazz album. Easy to listen to attentively as well as as background music.

Good instrument no voice

Good Jazz.

Just a great listen. Great stuff with the sax and organ. Smooth and enjoyable.

Like other albums of this genre: Nice and interesting to hear, but nothing more

Chill plodding along Jazz

60's jazz that did not loose anything over the years. Great organ and sax work.

Chicken chaat

Sounds like the music in the little sections of Sesame Street where they’d try to teach you something. Not for me.

Finger lickin good

Pretty good stuff, 4 stars for me.

Wow what an album, what a session, what a band; Stanley Turrentine on sax, Kenny Burrell on guitar and Donald Bailey on Drums. Turrentine is the star of this session and the songs that he lets loose on are absolutely great. Didn't realize I was such a fan of the organ. Really pleasant discovery. 5 stars

4.5/10

This is my kinda jazz! It's funky, somewhat muted but still groovy. I felt so cool while listening to this, especially the title track. Where is this chicken shack? I would like to pay a visit.

Doo wop

saved first song. other songs weren’t bad, but nothing to write home about

Pretty fun i liked it a lot, very fun and jazzy

I love the jazz organ and this album really features it superbly. Really enjoyable music for the day!

Can you dig it? I knew that you could!

Smooth and easy. A nice massage for my addled brain.

I keep thinking I’m new to jazz, but then while listening to this realized that growing up on Pink Panther cartoons gave me a pretty extensive introduction to this style of jazz. The organ grooves along and the sax wails away and I’m swept up by it all. I may not be the best connoisseur of jazz, but I really love this!

Oh so bluesy, groovy, jazzy and 60s. Guest Stanley Turrentine is a big plus. Organ jazz at its finest.

Funky Jazz lekker om op te zetten tijdens de focus momenten of om weg te dromen

Loved some of the riffs. Smooth and hypnotizing

Loved this, gotta find the record now

jazz pajerillo, it's OK

Not bad for Jazz

This is good. Nothing amazing happening, just good music. When I saw it was on Blue Note I kind of knew it was going to be good.

some jazz

Jazz. Need to be in the right mood and setting for it.

Best Song: Back at the Chicken Shack. Nice blues/jazz fusion. Really enjoyed the sax here. Worst Song: Messy Bessie. Overlong, without much to show for it. The piano (organ? Harpsichord?) took way too much of the stage here. Overall: To my uneducated ear this is entirely serviceable, utterly unexciting jazz. Probably full of sick cuts I'm too dense to understand.

Great jazzy background album for when you want to chill. The five songs are quite long, but with this kind of music this is totally fine.

Organ is rad

La première chanson a joué dans beaucoup de trucs, non? Bon album dans l'ensemble, quoique les chansons soient assez similaires. Je ne connaissais pas Jimmy Smith, belle découverte!

Pretty good. I like bebop and modal stuff much more than this type of soul jazz, but there were still lots of great moments in here. Loved the back and forth with the sax and Hammond organ, and overall just liked the very mellow vibe, even during some of the more complicated solos.

Pretty good jazz album. I liked it but it didn't hold my attention. 3/5

Good as background lounge jazz but also pretty boring to me generally. A more upbeat track like "Minor Chant" did revive my attention but apart from that I had a really hard time attaching myself to it.

I love discovering new music, especially for genres I love like jazz. Incredible stuff here. B+

10/10 - groovy as fuck

Nothing big to see here, just a big ol' happy funk jazz album. And in the really rainy day that was yesterday, when I listened to this album, that's all that I needed :)

Grooving to the sweet organ sounds. Somehow I missed out on the Jimmy Smith phenomenon. Will have to listen to some more of his MANY albums.

Was fine. Sounds like 70’s jazz.

Gran álbum, no lo conocía, fue un descubrimiento, el sonido del órgano es cálido y suena tan familiar, es grato asociarlo a un rostro.

What a great album! The organ gives it an extra R&B layer that works really well

Love the cover art. I have a special place for the Hammond B3 Organ.

I almost always enjoy an organ trio or quartet, especially ones with a good guitarist in the mix. Big fan of Medesko Martin and Wood, to name one group clearly indebted the “The Incredible” Jimmy Smith. But I’d never gone looking into the history of where it all came from. I’d be curious to know why they picked this out of all his albums (about 100, I gather). I’d love to follow this up by listening to his collaboration with Wes Montgomery, for example. But this album was thoroughly enjoyable, without ever making me go “oh wow”. 4 stars.

I only own 2 Jimmy Smith albums & this is one of them. Recorded in 1960 for Blue Note, it really swings and is very much an ensemble album. The great guitarist Kenny Burrell features on half the 4 tracks. But I reckon it’s as much Stanley Turrentine’s album. His tenor playing embellishes the whole record. By contrast, the other album I have is a 1967 album he did for Verve, titled Respect, and the difference in Smith’s approach is marked. It’s very funky. Four of the five tracks are covers of soul/funk standards of the day, and it’s very much a Jimmy Smith album. And there are no horns. It’s all about the organ. This reflects the development of his taste through the 60’s. But it doesn’t detract from the greatness of Back At The Chicken Shack - a wonderful listen.

I have been listening to this record today while I work, and it has been a perfect album for that. It's smooth and funky, unobtrusive, and happily chugs along. I enjoyed. So many imitators have reduced this genre to a cliche, but this is the real deal. I like this story from the BBC review: "The recently-departed Jimmy Smith, originator of the 'soul jazz' Hammond Organ genre, was such a spectacular success for Blue Note at the time of these recordings that label founder Alfred Lion admitted years later that the profits from Smith’s hits kept the company afloat for an extended period. Lion also once jokingly told his wife that he often considered selling off Blue Note around this time - just so he could become Smith’s tour manager; ‘that way,’ he explained, ‘I could get to watch him play every day’." Amen, brother.

very chill music i like this

Hmmm... I think I might like jazz. This is beautiful background music that has a deep calming effect.

Not really poppin for a place called the chicken shack

Not what I thought it would be but not bad

Bardzo chillowe organki i trąbka, ale trochę za mało różnorodności jak na 45 min muzyki. Za to dobrze się kodziło rano.

Приятный джаз, но не сильно альбом запомнился.

Solid album, played like a really cool set without any distinguishing tracks. I thought it was really well produced and mastered - just nothing jumped out. Im sure this is an important record for the genre but I haven't done enough digging for context. I would definitely return to this album. Standout Tracks: The entire album

Great background music to throw on while working, reading, or another similarly passive activity. I would never sit and actively listen to this style of jazz, but its got a strong enough groove to avoid getting stale before the end. The incorporation of that organ really helped this album stand out from other songs I've heard in this genre (which is an admittedly small sampling). Standout tracks: "Back at the Chicken Shack"

I feel like this album all sounds the same Some really good piano and guitar on this, but I found it to all sound very similar to each other. I also like the drum work on this too 5/10

Really great stuff. What’s noticeable is how Smith so masterfully concedes the limelight to Burrell and especially Turrentine on so much of this album. There’s always something of a ceiling for jazz in my eyes, but there’s no denying this is a toe-rapper.

🙂

I loved it! Great soundtrack to work or practically anything.

4 tracks!?… I don’t think that the album’s opener ( the title track) should last 8 minutes it just stays the same after an amount of time not my kinda thing but I get it for background music. The sax on when I grow old to dream is certainly more interesting than on the first track but the way the drums just stay the same for 9 minutes ruins the song. Finally on side two! Minor chant has got some nice organ work hidden under those annoying tinny drums but still I get the appeal (kinda). 12 minute closer messy bessie, okay let’s fall asleep now 💤 but no seriously i’am not the target audience for this ( back then and now) so It’s a hard one to criticise other than… How is this rated 3.4 stars on average? I mean it’s inoffensive mild sounding music with no vocals where every song is super long and just sounds the same.Where there’s other albums with like 3.2 or 3.1 average with a bunch of distinct tracks of decent length that are viewed as like lesser, just odd. Anyway this is still getting a 2 though because I do ( vaguely) see some appeal.

Not one for me. Mercifully a short album.

Master of the jazz organ bass pedals.

This shit goes man.

Enjoyed it more than I expected

Decent

Ya like jazz?

This is music that Gus Fring would listen to while cooking. Very jazzy and smooth, and definitely feels ahead of its time. Joe from Soul would have loved to play something like this in the NY Jazz Clubs. While I like the album, Minor Chant is the only song that really stands out to me. Best Songs: Minor Chant Worst Songs: NA

Fun way to groove right into a Friday morning. Some smokin' organ playing going on here which definitely kept me interested throughout.

Can we take a moment to respect the fact that 60-70 years ago, it was totally cool to call your album “The [amazing/ incredible/ magnificent/ unbelievable/ strongly positive adjective] [Name]”? Nowadays, the only person who dares compliment themselves so highly is Kanye West, and we all side eye him a bit for it. Anyway, I enjoyed this! I like jazz but I find it slips into the background for me after a few minutes. However, whenever my attention was brought back to the music, I liked what I was hearing.

Voici ce que j'en ai déjà dit: "Ça prend effectivement un album de Jimmy Smith dans cette liste. Pour certains, peut-être que l'album Root Down Jimmy Smith Live! serait plus pertinent vu la popularité de l'album Ill Communication des Beasties Boys où l'on retrouve le sampling de cette fameuse pièce. Par contre c'est intéressant d'avoir un album plus en début de carrière pour entendre la sonorité particulière qu'il amenait dans un jazz plus conventionnel avec son Hammond B3. Sans vouloir diminuer la contribution de Donald Bailey à cet album, on y retrouve également Kenny Burrell et Stanley Turrentine qui sont des grands jazzman de cette époque. La pochette est horrible, mais l'album s'écoute très bien."

Smoooooooth

3.75

Incredibly smooth, grooving music. Great listen!

Jazzzzz

absolutely exquisite control of the Hammond

we really do be back at the chicken shack tho

I do struggle with instrumental albums in the foreground. That being said, this album was not too difficult and had a Down home sound that I quite enjoyed. Definitely would put it on in the back, but probably won't intentionally seek it out to listen to with full attention.

Not bad, if a little repetitive. Enjoyable sound though

Soundillisesti tosi lähellä samana vuonna ilmestynyttä Booker T & the MG’sin Green Onionsia. Tää on mulle tuntematon herkku 4/5

Ei pahaa sanottavaa, nautinnollista ja letkeää.

Varsin toimivaa! Menee jazz-listalle

Listened to the first 2 tracks. Definitely dada style. Probably will listen more as time goes on. Intitial rating 2/5 since I haven't gone through it all

What if we kissed at the chicken shack???? Prefs: Back at the Chicken Shack, When I Grow Too Old To Dream, Minor Chant Moins pref: Messy Bessie (still good)

1963 - 44 mins (5 long tracks). Instrumental album. Fallout / Destroy all Humans farm music vibe. Nice Saxaphone, could easily pause and come back to it and not really miss anything, had no hook for me. Into the third track getting a bit samey, idk what that farm instrument is but it goes on and on non stop. mabye 2 idk. Skipped last 2 songs cba at all.

Overall 2/10

Great sax

Instrumental y un tanto plano. Mucho saxofón. Para amantes del jazz clásico

Expert playing. I've just never (since childhood) been a fan of the sound of the organ. It's too intense and takes up such a wide space in the listener's ears. The instrument equivalent of a pushy person.

Pretty good Jazz

It wasn't bad, just a bit too smooth sounding for me. Very backgroundy

This was a fun album. It kept me interested and "boppin' along" the whole time - which is more than most studio jazz does for me.

Smith's playing is so light and economic - a rarity in a lot of jazz - but feels like he's in danger of taking a back seat in his own band.

This was pleasant but nothing really jumped out at me. A bit too smooth and background music for my taste.

I started listening to this with some interest, but then it got a little tedious. It was pleasant background music to work to, but nothing more.

Jimmy Smith is a notable soul jazz artist. Soul jazz came about around the time of cool jazz and bebop, incorporating melodies and rhythms from Gospel and R&B. This allowed for the genre to grow, influencing the soon-to-be genre of hard bop which would also take inspiration from gospel and R&B. Jimmy Smith's play in all of this was his fantastic organ skills, which almost certainly pulls from Booker T's "Green Onions" here. Smith also gives Stanley Turrentine time to shine on alto sax, smooth as ever. Turrentine is can also be found playing with Abbey Lincoln, Duke Jordan, and Kenny Burrell on some fantastic jazz records. Speaking of, Burrell is the man on guitar for this record, doing a fantastic job of keeping things held down. Lastly we have Donald Bailey rounding out the quartet on drums. He's a steady swing while also adding personality to the track. He compliments the boys very well while also keeping time. Overall this is a short but sweet collection of jazz tunes that are done excellently.

ok

Soul jazz, lækkert, helt glat, elguitar

Smooth lounge jazz. Amazing background music, but not the kind of thing I would just listen to. Kind of remind me of being on hold.

Early sixties'funky soul jazz. You can picture yourself in the smoky bar watching this group late in to the night. Best Tracks: Back at the Chicken Shack; Messy Bessie

good jazz, if a little basic

This is a cool jazz album that really hits the sweet spot between being good jazz and being easy to listen to and digest. I don't have much else to say about this one other than that it's great to listen to and I'm going to keep my eyes out for a vinyl copy of it to add to my collection 4/5

Top Notch Jazz right there.

idk yet

Lovely, laid-back, funky soul jazz with an irresistible, cozy groove. Jimmy Smith and Donald Bailey lay down a strong foundation, upon which Stanley Turrentine is given room to excel, and Kenny Burrell plays a vital supporting role. Perfect for a rainy day, late night, small gathering, or long walk. Standout Tracks: Back at the Chicken Shack, Minor Chant

Very chill funk jazz with an early 70’s sound

I can't listen to jazz. I don't understand it. It's the musical equivalent of a foreign language to me. I'm sure the saxophonist is spitting straight facts, but it just sounds like random annoying dooting to me.

This album is notable because it features the Hammond organ and creates a link between jazz and soul music that Jimmy Smith is known for. Other than that link, this album does not really push any boundaries. It's a solid jazz album, and features interesting organ and saxophone improvisations.

Very enjoyable jazz album. Laid back. By the numbers. Just how it should be.

Finger lickin' just some jazz.

one laid-back shack

Er zal vast een markt voor zijn en hoewel ik van alle markten probeer te zijn, hoor ik hier overduidelijk niet thuis.

Zonder zang vind ik dit toch al gauw muzak

Godsamme dit voelt al een nachtmerrie waarin ik in een lift sta waar maar maar geen einde aan komt, terwijl deze muziek gedraaid wordt.... Laat me eruit!

Iets teveel van dit na elkaar.

Funky

Well, its smooth long-form organ jazz and that's pretty much the album summed up. Excellent BGM but I can't imagine ever really feeling the urge to listen to this specifically over just typing "smooth jazz mix" into youtube.

Very nice chill jazz to study and relax to :)

I often find jazz music too chaotic and kind of impersonal, but this album is beautiful. It is not too technical while still being interesting. I feel like this music is connected to the real world instead of just existing for its own sake.

Jimmy Smith is probably the most laid-back person on the planet. This sounds pretty good on a summer day, today. Not five because the Hammond all the way through is a little one-dimensional.

Fín plata, rosa þægileg og smooth.

5/3/2022 Today's Album: "Back At The Chicken Shack" by Jimmy Smith - This album is pretty simple to review because it's just a really straightforward and simple album. Simple blues grooves are constructed by a consistently chilled out drum set and a bass guitar walking up and down the blues scales. On top of that, Jimmy Smith solo's over these tracks with some fairly impressive organ playing and there's a saxophonist that really takes the spotlight when it's their time to solo. Honestly, it's pretty surprising that Jimmy Smith is the one on the cover of this album when whoever he has on sax just totally steals the show. Not to say the organ playing is by any means bad, but it really can't hold a candle to some of the amazing stuff the sax pulls of. I really like the stripped back nature of this album. It works with what it has and creates some great tunes out of 4-5 instruments and some basic blues progressions. I should mention there's also a guitar soloist that is pretty great as well that really helps to fill out the bluesy feel of this record. The mixing and production sound really nice with an obvious attention to bringing out the soloing organ or sax, but while maintaining impressive balance. That being said, there isn't much more to say about this album given just how basic a lot of the basis of it is. It's just a bunch of fantastic performances by musicians that know these blues scales backwards and forwards upside-down and inside-out. Overall, this is a great blues record to just vibe to and admire some fantastic performances. Give this one a listen if you like blues organ or blues soloing in general. Highlights: All Score: 7/10 Great blues improv

veldig jazzkanalen på nrk radio, ganske chill

Orgel og sax, ka meir kan du be om. Chill fredagsalbi

Really enjoyed this

When I saw the cover of this one something told me I was going to love it. Smooooooooooth, wonderful bluesy organ. Love Love Love!

I never thought I'd give a jazz album five stars. But all of a sudden I have a really pressing need to work out the guitar parts. I ended up playing this twice. That says a fair bit haha. 5/5.

Amazing, soulful, music. Those keyboards are awesome.

This is my kind of jazz!! Yay! Super lovely to work to. It's really fun and interesting and puts me in a good mood without being chaotic or stressful and it's certainly not dull. When I Grow too old to Dream did something to me!! So relaxing.

This didn't leave a huge impression on me but was pleasant enough. Perhaps I didn't pay enough attention. So of mid-level jazz I can handle though

I guess I can get on board with this. Not my favourite thing but pleasant enough!

C'est un bon disque de jazz mais c'est pas époustouflant non plus... avec le peu de disques de jazz sur cette liste il y en a une bonne dizaine, voir 20 , que j'aurais mis avant celui-ci ... Tous des légendes, ça joue c'est certain! Les lignes de bass de jimmy sont très bonnes, le tone de l'orgue est fou et on sens les ghost notes de la bass à un point tel que j'ai rechecké le line up voir si il n'y avait pas un bassiste dans la piece 3.

Ils ont vraiment choisi le plus plate des albums de Jimmy Smith. J’aurais aimé mieux « Bashing » avec Oliver Nelson ou the « Dynamic Duo » avec Wes Montgomery, qui sont meilleurs à tous les niveaux. Même « Root Down » que je n’aime pas particulièrement est plus intéressant. Bref... Je suis tout de même obligé de lui donner au moins 2 étoiles, parce que c’est Jimmy Smith et qu’il est vraiment important pour l’instrument.

Ça prend effectivement un album de Jimmy Smith dans cette liste. Pour certains, peut-être que l'album Root Down Jimmy Smith Live! serait plus pertinent vu la popularité de l'album Ill Communication des Beasties Boys où l'on retrouve le sampling de cette fameuse pièce. Par contre c'est intéressant d'avoir un album plus en début de carrière pour entendre la sonorité particulière qu'il amenait dans un jazz plus conventionnel avec son Hammond B3. Sans vouloir diminuer la contribution de Donald Bailey à cet album, on y retrouve également Kenny Burrell et Stanley Turrentine qui sont des grands jazzman de cette époque. La pochette est horrible, mais l'album s'écoute très bien.

Nicht der ganz große Wurf eines ganz Großen. Schlechte 3.

Listening to this album I think Tom Waits might've listened to it once or twice. It's nicely smooth jazz, but in my limited knowledge of Jazz, nothing really special

Nice Jazz I guess, got bored way before the end of every song.

To sie nazywa orginalny tytul, blue note nie zawodzi i kolejny raz dostarcza jakosciowej porcji jazzowania, tym razem w wykonaniu pana Jimmiego Smitha, o ktorym wczesniej nie slyszalem, a ma dosc spora dyskografie i byl aktywny do samego konca, a moglem go wczesniej slyszec na ill communication od beastie boys, sam kurnikowy krazek byl wydany w 63, ale same nagrania do niego trwaly trzy lata wczesniej, taka dyskografia bogata, to nie dziwne ze batchowo byly nagrywane te albumy, sam pan Smith gra na ogranach, a jedynymi dodatkowymi instrumentami jest saksa, drumy i gitara na dwoch z czterech kawalkach, tak samo wyglada sprawa jesli chodzi o kompozycje, z ktorych polowa to autorskie piosenki pana Jummiego, ciekawe spojrzenie na hardy bop z perspektywy organowej, ktorych brzmienie do tej pory najbardziej kojarzyla mi sie z green onions od Bookera, a na tym 37 minutowym materiale mozna poznac instrument z calkiem innej strony, no i tym razem wygraly autorskie pomysly, ktore przy zaprzegnieciu gitary i tworzac kwartet tworza unikalne brzmienie, na plejke dodam openingowy trak tytulowy, za prawdziwe harde solowki organowe

Ooohhh, me gusta el jazz y este disco es preciso. 4 temas, pero nunca aburre.

"Back at the Chicken Shack" is a interesting jazz album, with a focus on hard bop and references to early soul music. The use of the Hammond organ creates a unique sound and a competent backing band, specially Stanley Turrentine's tenor sax, gives a smoothness to the songs.

Super goed hammond album, altijd voor in

I love it.. Jazz meets hammond B-3 organ and we have Soul-jazz. Some really great jams on this.

I'm only attending parties that have this playing in the background from now on.

Awesome stuff. Very enjoyable.

Groovy, chill vibe. Loved it. Fave Songs: Back at the Chicken Shack, When I Grow Too Old to Dream

Liked it in general. Jazz cannot go too wrong.

Cool organ tones. Didn't think I'd like this but I was wrong. It grooved along nicely.

Love the B3 and dig this record. Great for background tunes, or really paying attention in headphones.

Genre: Soul Jazz 3/5 Another album that I enjoyed to an extent. It's soft, subtle jazz, led by Jimmy Smith's organ and some pretty boring saxophone work, but it confuses me as to why this is in the book. This seems like some editor had this album on repeat a lot, loved it so much, savored it as a deep cut, and then found his time to be like "woooah, you've never heard Back at the Chicken Shack??" The album is seriously tremendous background music, and there's value in that, but when it comes to jazz, I like it a bit quicker and a bit more technical. It never gets above a fluttering pace. The music is played nicely enough, but it's pretty bland. This'll be enjoyed by those who use music to study, clean, or those who use it purely as muzak.

Ok as chill out music, wouldn’t really be listening again though.

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack doesn't ever say anthing interesting as it remains locked to its 12 bars like a weight around its neck. When I Grow To Old To Dream is a good track. Minor Chant is also a good listen, though I am generally not a huge organ jazz kind of guy. Yea I enjoyed every track on this other then the title track. Does it go wild off kilter places? no. But this was absolutely pleasant.

Goes down smooth

good jazz album, the title song is definitely the best one on the album

I'm not a big fan of the organ sound in jazz or in style other music genre for that matter, so for me the star of this album is the blowing which thanks to Stanley Turrentine is just amazing. The rest of theband are not exactly slouches; Kenny Burrell and Donald Bailey. But for me Turrentine steals the show and makes this album a 5 🌟 effort

-Very solid groovy instrumental. I like the keyboard and trumpet parts

Yes

Paring this back to back with Isaac Hayes' "Hot Buttered Soul" was a perfectly smooth 1-2 punch. What goes perfectly with chicken shack? Hot butter! I mean come on. This album was great and perfect and I married it.

Preferred the organ-heavy bits over the more 'traditional', sax-led jazz bits. They made me feel like I was in some dreamy, low-jeopardy spy film scenario. But (with the obvious caveat that I'm no expert in the genre)... most of it kinda sounded the same to me. It's the usual drill: an enjoyable diversion for a while but I probably wouldn't go back to it. A neutral 2.5.

Some pretty cool jazz. Good background music. I think I'll make more of an effort to listen to this type of stuff at work Nice.

Some decent jazz stuff, not the most musically interesting or varied jazz we've had on the list.

Listened to on 3/1/22 3.5/5 Favorite song: Back at the Chicken Shack, On the Sunny Side of the Street Perfect background jazz music

Somewhere between a 3 and a 4 for me. Somewhat enjoyable background music but definitely background music. Very easy listening jazz.

Well, that was boring.

5.0 - Cool and breezy as a June morning on the beach. Incomparable jazz organ. I could listen to this whenever, wherever.

decent, and musically all well put together, but can't really think of any circumstance where i'd play this whole thing

Very solid, very chill jazz record.

Pretty decent- could easily have this in in the background

Not my ting

Five songs in 43 minutes, means it must be either jazz or prog-rock! Jazz it is, which I still don't really get. Very impressive musicianship, even if it doesn't move me like some other music does.

Very jazzy very shagadelic baby yeah

Atmospheric. Trumpet outshines the organ

This was the most boring music I've ever listened to. I would never have listened to it if not for it being on the list. I'm sure there's a good amount of talent and skill involved in the music but I was not left with any positive feelings. I know I'm harsh but it definitely wasn't for me.

I actually like that I had to listen to this. I can see how stuff like this inspired the early blues rock and early hard rock I like. It's like tracing a lineage. Some stuff on Led Zeppelin's first album for example, like the keyboard solo in You Shook Me, are reminiscent of this style. Keys are an underrated component of rock. There’s not really anything I dislike about this album, but based on my personal rating system this probably one falls into the 2 category. The songs are long and each song isn't varied enough to merit their length. Not bashing it, just is how I feel. There are some nice guitar/brass bits sprinkled throughout. And he's a good keyboardist. As an album it didn't inspire me, but I can understand why this list has a few albums of this genre.

Love it!

Love that jazz

Nice blues/jazz sound. Quite enjoyed. Great organ and sax. Solid B.

Hard for me to listen through an entire jazz album, but i enjoyed this one enough.

Nice Jazz Blues album

I like this - instrumental accessible soul jazz with a guitar and organ, really nice feel to it. Organ, sax, guitar drums. Jimmy Smith plays just the organ. It does get a bit samey though.

p52. 1960. 3 stars. Nice ;) Wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did. Smooth as Jim Beam bourbon. Direct connection to Booker T and Georgie Fame. Tight guitar work and smooth sax. Tends to stray into background music though. Not a jazz fan, so not sure I'd play it often. Incidentally, I once owned an album called "The Swinging Organ of Jimmy Smith". Sadly missed opportunity for the album cover.

Really relaxing listen. Great to do some work to or just to listen and wind down. "Messy Bessie" my favourite song on the album.

Smooth

I liked this more than I did birth of the cool

3.4 - fun and funky organ jazz

Background jazz from the man who opened the world of sould to the Hammond Organ. Very smooth, you'll hardly notice it's there.

??? What? 0 for 0 music in album

Smooth - perhaps a little too much so - but good background music

Excelente opção de clima com o instrumental envolvente.

Groovy, man.

some great Hammonding here, love the sound of the Hammond organ and this, with the sax is certainly a fine example of said art. The title track is a great example of walking blues but my favourite on this 4 Track Album has got to be "Messy Bessie". Love the Album and the Instrument. Rightfully on the list as Jimmy is such and influential Icon! Worth it just to hear Stanley Turrentines' Sax and Kenny Burrells Guitar alone.

First track sounded familiar. Good music.

Great jazz!

Very good

Really enjoyable-- dig this

An enjoyable jazzy romp

Excellent. I loved it. Got better with each play.

Pretty solid effort from Jimmy Smith. Lots of tight grooves and a light atmosphere that makes it a fun listen to put on and relax

Thanks Jimmy. Good chicken

107. Back at the Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith 5 tracks This is sort of chilled & mellow but I'm not feeling that way at all at the moment. I might have to return to this and give it another go. It's good, absolutely no doubt, but it's just not grabbing me at the moment. 3/5

Songs are long, which I'm not a fan of. But it's got some good ol' jamming sessions. 3.0/5

I enjoy jazz but... this is some real elevator music type jazz not good.

Beautiful, soulful, jazz.

Aint bad- solid listen

Good for jazz...I guess. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I was sitting in a restaurant eating pasta and drinking wine. And it was just on in the background. And I wasn't paying attention to it.

I just can't with these jazz instrumentals. But Jimmy gets an extra star due to my affinity for the organ!

Great album

new find for me - loved it

Not my thing but probably fine

Really enjoyed the title track especially. Just a good, solid album. Love a little jazz.

A decent and enjoyable album, was great driving to and can definitely see it being played a lot in a chilled environment. I'm usually not a fan of the organ but was pleased with it here. Some good fills here and there too

Not my usual cup of tea but found myself tapping my toes and doing some dodgy dance moves

Not a jazzer but liked how fresh it sounded given it’s almost 60 years old. They really knew how to record music back then!

I don't have anything technical to say about this album. But I will say that I want to have a party. And I want there to be an impending snowstorm and the only people who show up are the ones who will brave the weather. And then the snow starts and we all go outside and marvel at how the snow twinkles in the moonlight. And then we come back inside, pour mugs of mulled wine and put on this album in the low light of winter.

What can I say? I tried, but it is just not my thing. I once went to a jazz club in Budapest (Beth will remember this!) and thought maybe it was a turning point for me on my musical pathway, but it was just a cul-de-sac…

Ihan kuin olisi ollut jameja kuuntelemassa. Paikoittelen oikein viihdyttävää kamaa joten kolmoseen taipuu

Bluesilla lähti aamu loistavasti käyntiin. Varsinkin kun nimen perusteella ennakkoluulot oli ”eiih, taas jotain kantria?”

This slaps.

Back At The Chicken Shack is probably only going to be on a background music playlist. Tracks were quite lengthy. Best: Back At The Chicken Shack Worst: Messy Bessie

Great Airplane Crash Music. I'd Die Listening To It

That was very easy listening

Love the album name, too smooth of jazz for me though

It was fine, wordless jazz isn’t my thing

This record is essential jazz listening and enjoyable at the very least for its name. Funky at both ends, a bit thinner in the middle, but that's hard bop for you. Hard to think of a better introduction to jazz combo featuring organ.

Solid jazz album, unclear why it is on the list

Rather conventional jazz that you can play in the background, but nothing special.

Chill music but should be kept to a jazz club or an elevator

I guess the organ sounded nice

Ya conocía "Sunny Side of the Street". Me gustó mucho todo el álbum, pero creo que aún no sé escuchar jazz. Me da vibras de escena de peli de Mauricio Garcés. ^.^' PD: Ocupo escucharlo en flac.

3.5

Basically the Organ inventor, real legend !

It’s good, very good even. But I’m just not that into jazz. I could see putting it on in the background of a fancy cocktail party! Second album in a row with not lyrics, so that’s not great for me!

Loving it

Lovely jazz, less showy than Miles Davis.

Didn’t like

Fantastic Jazz album, wish it was longer but this felt very fresh compared to some of the other jazz albums. And this cover is great too. Amazing start to the week, I need more chicken!

Not sure what I expected, when I saw this was listed as jazz I was certainly intrigued. I love the extensive use of the organ--very underrated instrument, that Hammond B-3 always sounds amazing. Thanks to wikipedia, I'm now learning that Jimmy Smith is credited for popularizing the B-3. I feel like a winner for catching that before looking it up. This is a really cool album, it's jazz but it's grounded in more accessible, blues tones. I wouldn't mind more from Jimmy. Favorite tracks: I saved all five tracks, but Messy Bessie may have been the standout. Album art: Threw me off at first, especially seeing that it was listed as jazz. But after hearing the music, it makes perfect sense - this strikes me as jazz for the common man. Meaning aside, it's a great picture. Really dig this. 4.5/5

Very easy listening and made a day in and out of the car super enjoyable. Man knows how to make a sax sing.

Love this album. First listen. So smooth, relaxing and cool. It is excellent to have on in the background, but it is also more than just background music. I need more of this music in my life.

finger lickin' good

slinky grooves, great musicians, fabulous Hammond organ - what's not to love?

Hm. Not my favorite jazz I've heard, but refreshingly short

Great light jazz. Could have listened to twice if I had the time

The chops on this

1.5

some very enjoyable blues

Kinda exactly what I needed rn. I guess this guy basically pioneered the use of the organ in jazz, which is so so cool. Got lost in this in a really good way Saved: Back At The Chicken Shack

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: None Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Another day, another jazz album that must be going over my head. Will not be coming Back I fear.

Pretty good - nothing special

Un très bon album Jazz, je ne connaissais pas mais l'album a de l'entrain et c'est très agréable a écouter. Je recommende pour passer un bon moment avec un peu de Jazz. 4.50

jazzy

3.5 stars. I really like jazz.

Quite alright but not amazing. Would work great as background/lounge music but not as an album to be listened to front to back. I liked the vibe more than the actual melodies.

Soul jazz is another interpretation of incorporating R&B into jazz. It's groovier with a heavy emphasis on rhythm. But it's also repetitive. And this isn't necessarily a bad thing. This kind of music was not designed for active listening. It's pleasant and sets a mellow mood, perfect for playing in the background of a restaurant. In terms of the tracks themselves, the first is the star. Love the organ. It sounds so familiar but I can't put my finger on it. The others each have their own personality. That keeps things interesting. But yeah, without much variation, it's hard to actively listen for more than 6 minutes on each track.

Соул джаз 60-тых. Некоторые треки были знакомы. Этот альбом менч приятно удиаил и порадовал 8.5/10

holy cow, what an album...

21st September 2021 Listened on the living room speaker while we tidied the flat. I LOVED this, it sounds like the inside of my head. Bluesy, jazzy, laid back, can fit any mood any time of day.

Bad timing on a Monday for this cool blues jazz. Best artist name ever though ?

chill jazz album, am not a jazz person

Cowboy bebop

I expected to hate this album (I'm not a big jazz fan) but I ended up loving it. The grooves are tight, the musicianship is superb, and the performances are top-notch. The only reason that this didn't get full marks is because a couple of the tracks do drag on a bit. At 45 minutes long and only 5 tracks, this is somewhat inevitable. The really remarkable thing is that most of the tracks DON'T feel like they're too long.

Excellent taste

Muy agradable, todo a gusto, estaba trabajando mientras escuchaba el álbum y excelente servicio. Cada vez lo asocio menos con música de restaurante, pero creo que en este se aprecia algo distinto, no sabría explicarlo. 8.5/10

Groovy jazz record with hints of funk, soul and an astounding Hammond organ sound throughout the album. I just knew 'The Sermon', so it is a great discovery

I did not care for this album. Very repetitive.

Definitely not what I expected from the title! This was a very nice Jazz album. It makes you feel cozy and happy, like spending a winter day reading by the fire.

Nice music, but I got the point of the specific organ jazz sound long before the album was done.

5 songs but it’s jazz so they’re long. Relaxing. Not overly jazzy

Jazz, absolutely shredding the organ but not really my genre

3/10

Good background music, but not something I would seek out on my own. Not my kinda jazz.

Jazz instrumental. Muy bueno.

I might have been more impressed with this if I hadn't already had the Green Onions album. Best track: Back at the Chicken Shack

For a while, I had a CD copy of "Bashin'" by Jimmy Smith in my car, and I played that album a lot! I love this style of soul jazz, with meaty melodic lines of hard bop, and that electric Hammond organ taking it to church. Hail Satan, this guy is cool. I already had the Chicken Shack album downloaded, but I guess I wasn't ready to move beyond Bashin' until now. Objectively speaking, this album is the stronger and more consistent of the two. I can't find any moment on the album that doesn't make my brain happy, so 5*.

Brilliant