Here Comes Louis Smith

{{Infobox album

| name = Here Comes Louis Smith

| type = Album

| artist = Louis Smith

| cover = Here Comes Louis Smith.jpg

| alt =

| released = March/April 1958

| recorded = February 4 & 9, 1958

| venue =

| studio = Audio Sonic Sound, Brill Building, NYC

| genre = Jazz

| length = 42:17

| label = Blue Note
BLP 1584

| producer = Tom Wilson

| chronology = Louis Smith

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Smithville

| next_year = 1958

}}

Here Comes Louis Smith is the debut album by American trumpeter Louis Smith recorded on February 4 & 9, 1958 for Transition, but the company went out of business before release;{{cite book |last=Ginell |first=Cary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tb8XAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT33 |title=Walk Tall: The Music and Life of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley |publisher=Hal Leonard |year=2013 |isbn=9781480343030 |location=Milwaukee, Wisconscin |page=33}} the album masters were acquired by Blue Note's Alfred Lion and released shortly after on Blue Note that same year.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-1500-series/#blp-1584 Blue Note discography] accessed October 20, 2010

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

}}

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow says. "Louis Smith had a brilliant debut on this Blue Note album, his first of two before becoming a full-time teacher."Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=here-comes-louis-smith-r147847|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 20, 2010

Track listing

{{Track

| all_writing = Louis Smith, except as noted.

| headline = Side 1

| extra_column = Date recorded

| title1 = Tribute to Brownie

| length1 = 6:38

| writer1 = Duke Pearson

| extra1 = February 4, 1958

| title2 = Brill's Blues

| length2 = 8:22

| extra2 = February 4, 1958

| title3 = Ande

| length3 = 6:42

| extra3 = February 9, 1958

}}{{Track

| all_writing =

| headline = Side 2

| extra_column = Date recorded

| title1 = Stardust

| length1 = 5:20

| writer1 = Hoagy Carmichael

| extra1 = February 9, 1958

| title2 = South Side

| length2 = 8:38

| extra2 = February 4, 1958

| title3 = Val's Blues

| length3 = 6:37

| extra3 = February 9, 1958

}}

Personnel

References