Open House (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Open House

| type = Album

| artist = Jimmy Smith

| cover = Open House (album).jpg

| alt =

| released = January 1968

| recorded = March 22, 1960

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 38:03

| label = Blue Note
BST 84269

| producer = Alfred Lion

| chronology = Jimmy Smith

| prev_title = Crazy! Baby

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Plain Talk

| next_year = 1960

}}

Open House is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1960, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1968.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4200-series/#bst-84269 Blue Note discography] accessed November 25, 2010 The album didn't appear on CD until being reissued in 1992, as a twofer which also included Plain Talk, compiling all the recordings from the session.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a fast-paced studio jam session".Erlewine, M. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=open-house-r223502|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed November 26, 2010

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

}}

Track listing

  1. "Open House" (Jimmy Smith) – 16:15
  2. "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) – 4:49
  3. "Sista Rebecca" (Smith) – 10:54
  4. "Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 6:05

Personnel

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References