Prayer Meetin'
{{Infobox album
| name = Prayer Meetin'
| type = Album
| artist = Jimmy Smith with Stanley Turrentine
| cover = Prayer Meetin'.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded = February 8, 1963
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:16 original LP
55:23 CD reissue
| label = Blue Note
BST 84164
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Jimmy Smith
| prev_title = Rockin' the Boat
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Hobo Flats
| next_year = 1963
}}
Prayer Meetin' is an album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4100-series/#blp-4164 Blue Note discography] accessed November 26, 2010 The album was rereleased on CD with two bonus tracks from the same session.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett stated: {{quote|"Prayer Meetin' is a delight from start to finish".Leggett, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=prayer-meetin-r147791|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed November 26, 2010}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|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=1312|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}
}}
Track listing
- "Prayer Meeting" (Jimmy Smith) – 5:45
- "I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) – 9:25
- "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" (Wilmoth Houdini) – 3:43
- "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Traditional) – 6:15
- "Red Top" (Gene Ammons) – 7:38
- "Picnickin'" (Smith) – 6:30
- "Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) – 8:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Smith Walk" (Smith) – 7:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
NOTE: "Lonesome Road" and "Smith Walk" are bonus tracks on a CD reissue that were recorded on June 13, 1960, featuring the same lineup plus Sam Jones on bass.
Personnel
Musicians
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Quentin Warren – guitar
- Donald Bailey – drums
- Sam Jones – bass (tracks 7–8)
Technical
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Joe Goldberg – liner notes
Chart performance
=Album=
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| Chart (1964)
!Peak !Total |
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| align="left"|U.S. Billboard 200
| style="text-align:center;"|86{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jimmy-smith/chart-history/tlp/|title=Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith|access-date=December 14, 2017}} | style="text-align:center;"|20 |
References
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