A Date with Jimmy Smith

A Date with Jimmy Smith, Vols. One and Two are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded between February 11–13, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year.^[1][2]

A Date with Jimmy Smith
Volume One
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1957
Recorded	February 11–13, 1957 (1957-02-11 – 1957-02-13)
Studio	Manhattan Towers, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:02
Label	Blue Note BLP 1547 (Vol. One) BLP 1548 (Vol. Two)
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
At Club Baby Grand (1956) A Date with Jimmy Smith (1957) Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume One (1957)
A Date with Jimmy Smith
Volume Two
Singles from A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume One
"How High the Moon" Released: 1957

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic (Vol. 1)	[3]
AllMusic (Vol. 2)	[4]

AllMusic awarded each volume three-out-of-five stars.^[3][4]

Track listing

A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume One

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Falling in Love with Love"	Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers	February 11, 1957	12:09
2.	"How High the Moon"	Nancy Hamilton Morgan Lewis	February 13, 1957	6:00

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Funk's Oats"	Jimmy Smith	February 11, 1957	15:53

A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume Two

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"	Duke Ellington Irving Mills Henry Nemo John Redmond	February 11, 1957	16:59

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"I'm Getting Sentimental over You"	George Bassman Ned Washington	February 12, 1957	4:11
2.	"Groovy Date"	Hank Mobley	February 11, 1957	6:00

Personnel

Musicians

February 11, 1957

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Donald Byrd – trumpet
• Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
• Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
• Eddie McFadden – guitar
• Art Blakey – drums

February 12, 1957

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone

February 13, 1957

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Eddie McFadden – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
• Reid Miles – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Ira Gitler – liner notes