Any Number Can Win (album)
{{Infobox album|
| name = Any Number Can Win
| type = album
| artist = Jimmy Smith
| cover = Any Number Can Win (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1963
| recorded = July 10,17,25 & 29, 1963
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:03 CD reissue
| label = Verve
V-8618
| producer = Creed Taylor (original), Richard Seidel (reissue)
| chronology = Jimmy Smith
| prev_title = Hobo Flats
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Blue Bash!
| next_year = 1963
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Any Number Can Win
| type = studio
| single1 = Theme From "Any Number Can Win"
| single1date = September 1963
}}
}}
Any Number Can Win is an album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, arranged by Billy Byers and Claus Ogerman.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=any-number-can-win-mw0000601108|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=AllMusic|title=Any Number Can Win|access-date=March 23, 2015}}
On the Billboard albums chart, Any Number Can Win peaked at number 25, and the single of Smith's "(Theme From) Any Number Can Win" peaked at 96 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot R&B Sides chart.
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|author-link1=Richard Cook (journalist)|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|year=2008|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition=9th|publisher=Penguin|page=1313|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}
| rev3 = Record Mirror
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |date=9 May 1964 |title=Jimmy Smith: Any Number Can Win |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/64/Record-Mirror-1964-05-09-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=165 |page=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225101/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/64/Record-Mirror-1964-05-09-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=15 August 2022}}
}}
Track listing
- "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) – 4:21
- "The Ape Woman" (Lalo Schifrin) – 3:21
- "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 2:28
- "G'won Train" (Patti Bown) – 4:21
- "(Theme From) Any Number Can Win" (Michel Magne) – 2:10
- "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) – 2:51
- "The Sermon" (Jimmy Smith) – 7:40
- "Ruby" (Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld) – 2:20
- "Tubs" (Smith) – 2:48
- "Blues for C.A." (Smith) – 3:43 Dedicated to Clarence Avant
Personnel
=Musicians=
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- Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ
- Bob Bushnell – bass guitar (tracks 2, 5, 10)
- Art Davis – double bass (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
- George Duvivier – double bass (tracks 6-7)
- Milt Hinton – double bass (tracks 3, 8)
- Ed Shaughnessy – drums (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
- Doug Allen – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7)
- Mel Lewis – drums (tracks 6-7)
- Billy Mure – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7)
- Kenny Burrell – guitar (tracks 3, 5-8)
- Vince Gambella – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7)
- George Devens – percussion (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
- Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Paul Faulise – trombone (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
- Charlie Shavers – trumpet (tracks 1-2, 4)
- Snooky Young – trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
- Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
- Joe Newman – trumpet (tracks 1-2, 4-5 9-10)
- James Sedlar – trumpet (track 5)
- Budd Johnson – woodwind (tracks 1-2, 4-5 9-10)
- Jerome Richardson – woodwind (track 5)
- Jerry Dodgion, Marvin Halladay, Phil Woods, Seldon Powell – woodwinds (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
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=Technical=
- Creed Taylor – producer
- Billy Byers – arranger (tracks 2, 4, 10)
- Claus Ogerman – arranger (tracks 1, 9), conductor (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
- Richard Seidel – reissue production
- Rudy Van Gelder, Phil Macy, Phil Ramone - recording engineers
- Val Valentin - director of engineering
Chart performance
=Album=
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Chart (1963)
!Peak !Total |
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align="left"|U.S. Billboard 200
| style="text-align:center;"|26{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jimmy-smith/chart-history/tlp/|title=Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith|access-date=December 3, 2017}} | style="text-align:center;"|33 |
=Single=
class="wikitable" |
Year
!Single !Chart !Position |
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1963
|"(Theme From) Any Number Can Win" | style="text-align:center;"|96{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jimmy-smith/chart-history|title=Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith|access-date=December 3, 2017}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.orinjj.force9.co.uk/JimmySmith/pages/60s/number.html Any Number Can Win at The Incredible Jimmy Smith site]
{{Jimmy Smith (musician)}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Jimmy Smith (musician) albums
Category:Albums arranged by Billy Byers
Category:Albums arranged by Claus Ogerman
Category:Albums conducted by Claus Ogerman
Category:Albums produced by Creed Taylor