Back At The Chicken Shack

Enjoyable listen but dragged a bit

Smooth bluesy jazz to soothe the soul👌. Racist looking album art though 🧐

Not for me

A jazz album I actually enjoyed listening to

Fun soul jazz, it even feels kind of funky at times.

This is...fine. I like jazz but this is a little more flat than I prefer.

A deeply foundational sound I think. I feel like I've heard a thousand samples from this.

Brilliant!

унылый чилл

Тёплый, ламповый альбом, который было бы приятно слушать в хрипящем радиоприёмнике, сидя в кресле качалке перед камином. Только вот ни первого, ни второго, ни третьего у меня не будет, так что вновь альбом я вряд ли включу. Несмотря на качество композиций и исполнения, запоминающихся цепляющих тем, к которым бы хотелось возвращаться, нет. Поэтому при всей симпатии, четвёрку натягивать особо не тянет.

тупа чил

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Judging by the album cover, I wasn’t expecting much at all. But this is some lovely chill jazz. Nice.

Smooth with a smokey, dimly lit bar feel. Refreshing blues and jazz tastes. Not something I would have previously enjoyed. Makes me want an oversized cadillac.

- Nice lounge sound meets 3 piece jazz - Sax has strong improv, would love a drum solo - Mellow hammond organ, a little far back in the mix but impressive.

A nice short 5 track 45min album... I love blues music. The radio of this one is going to be great, I can already tell.

Nonstop Jazz, I like it!

decent

Good vibes, solid study music. Jazzy organs and saxophones compliment the mood. I had never heard of Jimmy Smith before today.

Phenomenal. How did I never hear this? Norristown PA

Instrumental, jazzy, great background music for cooking with friends.

Sounded like classic blues, good songs, no words.

This record grooves so hard. Just cool, funky laid back tunes carried throughout. Everybody in the group gets their turn, but I really noticed how tight the bass and Jimmy’s keys are on every track. The melodies haven’t stuck with me just yet but it’s definitely something I’ll revisit.

Good smooth jazz!

Smooth Jazz. Background music.

This is good thinking music. It’d be wise to put this on and do school work or something productive. Easy listening and enjoyable! My only thing is that jazz takes me a while to get into, and I listened to this album 2-3 times, and couldn’t really sing any of the melodies to you off the top of my head. Even after just listening. But that’s not the album’s fault, more me and my scatterbrain. I would definitely put this on at a dinner party or sumptin

overall thoughts: aight so imma just start off by giving this a 4/5. I'm not that into jazz, and while I probably won't come back to this album often, it's definitely not bad. This was great to listen to while studying or whatever, and what stood out to me most were the first track & minor chant. anyway yeah, it was sum good jazz.

Classic! And such an original, unique sound

Nice jazz but not for me

I've enjoyed a lot of the jazz that I've listened to so far on this project, but this one didn't really do it for me. I think the organ was just a bit to easy to listen to! Didn't get me excited.

Good easy jazz

Groovy jazz and blues. No vocals. Vibin to it

Classic jazz album. Jimmy Smith is the organ player. Track 1: Relaxed, pleasant blues. Track 2: also relaxed, cool jazz feel. Impressive tenor sax solo (Stanley Turrentine). Track 3: faster tempo, retaining a subdued feel. Darker (minor key---called "Minor chant") Really very good if you're in the jazz mood. I'm warming to the album here. Track 4: slowed back down, which I'm a little disappointed about. Sax is still honking fire though Track 5: a bit disappointing---ends on probably the least interesting/challenging song of the album. It's kind of pleasant, but sounds a bit like department store musak (filled with impressive solos, to be fair, but not the highlight of the album) This album was a 3 Rating scale: 5 Blown away 4Very impressed, loved it 3Good, solid effort, nothing special though 2 kinda bad 1 very bad

listened to this album while studying, which was honestly kinda fitting. reminded me why i love jazz and why i regret not learning saxophone. overall nice chill album, but not something i would really listen to in my free time.

it was a nice beat, but really boring to be honest.

nice music to put on in the background, chill, nothing of personal interest but the instrumentation was nice. felt kind of repetitive at parts

Great opening track, "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" had some killer keys. The album cover is awesome and certainly drew me in! Though, after listening to the music I felt a bit of a disconnect between the visual and audio. Certainly will be revisiting in the future.

Wasn’t a huge fan of the album. Nice instrumentals but wasn’t taken aback!

Big fan sofar. Really enjoyed the album, maybe I was just in the mood for Jazz?

Great listen, not a jazz person, but it sounded amazing

Nice organ/saxophone instrumental. Enjoyed it for what it is. Can't say I'd listen to it again though.

Great for summer background. Sittin on da porch. Cookin a nice meal. Do something active but lowkey, turn this bad larry on.

I like instrumental jazz quite a bit although nothing near an expert; just enjoy it for its own sake. Although this is good and I could play it in any setting, in general I prefer a bit less of the overt blues influence like this - doing a little research on this album, it seems that this was one of (if not the?) first to really emphasize the Hammond B3 organ and it's of course the pre-eminent sound here. Having said that, it is a nice album that I would put on as a good "entry level listening" for others. 3 for influence.

Ok, good opener

Not for me sorry...

Solid beats

Solid album. I liked every single song. I'm very much into jazz and blues, so this album was a thumbs up for me.

Yeah I’m sorry I’m so bored I want to snap my neck. I’m done with this.

Jednostavan, lijep album. Ništa previše. Album zvuči kao jedna dugačka pjesma, ništa loše pod tim nisam mislio. Laganini glazba za pozadinu definitivno.

kratak i sladak

Ah, Jazz de Lousiana. Ese Hammon bendito.

Loved it! Kenny Burrell is one of my favorite guitarists of all time, very much an inspiration to me, and this whole album is fantastic.

I will be returning to the chicken shack

bluesy, jazzy, lots of organ. i loved this album!

Finding this really boring.

A solid jazz album. It's low key and just gives the musicians room to solo. Something nice to throw on in the background and vibe to. Favorite song: On The Sunny Siclde Of The Street

Um álbum muito calmo com melodias demasiado semelhantes, contudo agradáveis. Custa ouvir um gênero tão parecido e parado sem vocais. Nota:5/10

banger banger banger banger banger banger banger banger banger banger banger

meh

Some more jazz, wouldn’t listen again

Closer to 5 stars than 4. I am not much on pure instrumentals but this album flowed. It was the fastest 40ish minutes. It was explorative smooth jazz at its best!

Admittedly not the most engaging listen, but great soothing jazz for background noise from great players!

Jazz/blues, easy listening

Goold ole Jimmy Smith. Nothing wrong here!

Good, calming and charming jazz. I will probably come back to it, when I will tired after long day.

Ik zat precies 45 minuten in de lift, maar dat is niet noodzakelijk slecht

Leuk voor op de achtergrond, maar zou er ook geen uren kunnen naar luisteren.

Laid back, groovy, ticks a lot of boxes.

Surprised I like this. Much more on the Jazz spectrum than I usually like.

Let's go to Vito's bababay! Sounds less like a chicken shack and more like a martini shaker. We must hear jazz so much diffently now compared with when this was contemporary in 1960. Maybe in its time this sounded really wild like a fox tearing up a henhouse. Sometimes I think about Kerouac's hurricane SF jazz club descriptions and wonder if we were in that same club in 2021, would we be gettin loose, or would it sound like this? I guess it's all contextual. I listened to to Back At the Chicken Shack while writing work emails and eating baby carrots, one hard boiled egg, a teriyaki beef stick, green beans, and 2 string cheeses. It was very very pleasant to listen to, and I feel a little more pep in my step (and my gut) thanks to this experience. C+

Felt like background in a pink panther tv episode. Very relaxed, meandering, chill party vibes. But it’s repetitive. Sounds so much like background music it becomes background music and lost my attention and I stopped engaging.

I don't know if I've ever listened to an album that seemed to clash so much with that album cover's artwork. I heard that organ fire up in track one and felt myself go from 6 to 12 if you know what I mean, but then I heard that saxophone swoop in and I deflated right back down. Jazz was just not what I was in the mood for yesterday. I wonder if in context this jazz felt a bit edgier and dirtier, but it felt fairly easy listening to me. Not bad, not particularly good, though I bet if I were tuning in 60 years ago it would be a different story.

Sweet! Amazing organ. I often dislike sax tracks, but "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" is a beauty!

Loved it!

Noooooodly

Classic jazz album - perfect for a coffee house vibe on a damp, misty morning.

Very good sounding album, I only wish it were longer.

Hammond organ magic. Sweet jazzzzz.

Nice, must remember it for when I host a dinner party with intellectuals.

Low-key blues with a classy lounge aesthetic. Like eating soul food in an Eames chair.

This is like the jazz album, OK background music but I can’t differentiate between the tracks. Not something I would seek out although I appreciate the musicianship. **

Liked it! Jazz. Nice.

Completely disappears into the background but not in a bad way, similar to Tom, I wouldnt be disappointed if this came on while just hanging out with friends where the music is not the most important thing. The talent of the artist(s) on the tracks is apparent throughout

Not what I was expecting. Pretty cool, mellow tunes. This is what I would want on the rare occasion I’m looking for super chill music. Saxophone and quiet organs - I especially liked the title track. In the universe of music it’s a three, but it’s a 5 in its narrow lane - 4 Stars!

Un disco muy normalito tirando a olvidable

Really lovely album. And a great choice for my Tuesday. Favorite track: Minor Chant

Really enjoyed this. Excellent to clean the bathroom to.

During lockdown 1- the underrated original. I watched a brilliant documentary about Miles Davis and the cool. Following that I listened to a lot of Jazz. Not this though. This must have been a huge step forward for Jazz. A more modern sound that takes from the innovators in the 40s and 50s and builds on them rather than imitates. Who knew organ led Jazz would work so well? Only Jimmy, his Dog and his Chicken. Extra point for that album cover. Plenty going on there. 4/5

Perfect retro jazz

Easy listening but didn't grab me.

Started well, then quickly bored

Got a bit repetitive

very smooth background

This album was perfect for my 2nd covid vaccine fever stupor. I listened to it in the shower while getting my ass kicked by the shot, and boy did it put me in such a peaceful place. I love Jimmy's warm organ sound so much. But you know when rappers say "He got killed on his own track," when a featured artist outshines them on a song? Jimmy's saxophonist killed him big on this album. I felt like that sax dominated this album while his organ playing was kind of relegated to second chair. Not to say he isn't a fantastic organist or bandleader, but I did find myself grooving to this sax in a big way. I really love this sound, and it inspired my to seek out more music like this, so I have to give it points for inspiration.

7

A very nice jazz album. It's hard for me to evaluate this type of thing because I like jazz, but I don't understand it very well.

Classic.

Det er flott med litt coffee table jazz, men det blir til tider litt i overkant med orgeljamming her.

Enjoyed it. The tracks faded into each other but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Really chilled out ambient music.

Jazzzzzzzzy

Jazz Organ, long songs that flow into one another, no lyrics

Really solid jazz combo album. Not much more to say. Favorite Track(s): “When I Grow Too Old To Dream”

I had fun with this one

The taxi process to the runway at Charlotte Douglas was nearly as long as this album.

Can't wait to go back to the Chicken Shack. I liked this a lot. 4/5

I was expecting something totally different based on the cool cover. Very groovy old sax music and freestyling. Messy Bessy and it's guitar noodling was my favorite, I think I just prefer guitar freestyling to sax. I respect the musicianship and would love listening to this in the background with friends and cocktails, but don't see myself looking for it again anytime soon.

awesome album. love jazz

Just jazzz

So good. His organ skills are soooo nice

Blir litt heismusikk selv om det er solid håndtverk...

Nothing special. 5/10

Good jazz, not so bad. Coulda used more guitar.

fantastic jazz

Very nice album. The organ sound is great in the first song.

Hammond and sax jazz grooves

Not a fan

i'd never heard of mr jimmy or this album before - i'm super glad it's on this list, though. what a fantastic album. smooth & hoppin', all at once!

Decent jazz album

Blues never really did it for me, especially instrumental.

not my kind of jazz

More great jazz

You know I be vibing to jazz! Lol makes me feel like I’m in a smoky club

Very good background music.

Sounds pretty cool, but then I am not very jazz literate so don't really know what to say about this.

Good down-tempo jazz vibes, just not something I'm really into.

Fine

Great Blues/Jazz album

I had never heard this before but very much enjoyed it!

Not what I expected based on the cover, but surprisingly smooth jazzy sounds

I like Jimmy Smith but this one was a bit too bluesy and boring. It was okay.

good sound but jazz sounds like background music personally, not very interesting couldn't finish

Great Jazz album. Loved the guitar and sax especially. Great use of electric organ. Simple yet complex album. Dug it a lot

just a wonderful album

Jazzy instrumentals, pretty groovy

I really enjoyed this album and already have begun digging into his catalog!

Finally some jazz again! I'm clearly biased, if I had my way I'd probably rate every jazz album 5 stars. That said, I can still hear Lal's voice in my head telling me to keep it at 4. Love this picture of him on the cover with the dog. Stanley Turrentine is an OG

Improvised jazz. Not my thing

I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the title track before, but I can’t place where. This was an enjoyable listen and perfect for having to listen to while I work! I’ve never been huge into jazz but this was a fun listen. I’ll have to remember it when I need something without lyrics to listen to.

det här var ett gött hyffsat melodiskt jazz-album som var lagom långt. gillart.

Great and smooth background music

Funky

Really chill and easy listening. Surprised at how early this was too, I’m a fan

Nice background music but nothing here really did anything for me

Subdued. Reminds me of background music that would play in a more upscale restaurant. Good, but nothing that cuts through. Favorite track: "Minor Chant"

Not my cup of tea

More jazz...

Pretty damn good Jazz album. Sounds ahead of its time

JAZZ

Loungy organ music.

Not a jazz man, but this was just about listenable. Could have done with a couple of changes of gear… alas no!

What a lovely, funky, jazz album! Really cool with the organ. Best track: Minor Chant.