Home Cookin' (album)

Home Cookin' is an album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith of performances recorded in 1958 and 1959 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1] The album was rereleased on CD with five bonus tracks.

Home Cookin'
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	April 1961
Recorded	July 15, 1958, May 24 & June 16, 1959
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz blues
Length	39:37 original LP 70:10 CD reissue
Label	Blue Note BST 84050
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Crazy! Baby (1960) Home Cookin' (1961) Midnight Special (1961)
Singles from Home Cookin
"See See Rider" Released: April 1960

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

The AllMusic review by Lindsay Planer states: "The Hammond organ mastery of Jimmy Smith is arguably nowhere as profound as on this collection... Jimmy Smith's voluminous catalog is remarkably solid throughout and Home Cookin' is a recommended starting place for burgeoning enthusiasts as well as a substantial entry for the initiated".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz placed this album by Smith among those it regarded as "formulaic"; but highlighted the presence of Burrell and concluded that it was "A solid one".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith, except as indicated

1. "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) – 6:35
2. "Sugar Hill" (Kenny Burrell) – 5:19
3. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) – 3:55
4. "Messin' Around" – 5:55
5. "Gracie" – 5:54
6. "Come on Baby" (Burrell) – 6:50
7. "Motorin' Along" (Jimmy McGriff) – 5:09

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

8. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) – 4:19
9. "Apostrophe" (Percy France) – 6:35
10. "Groanin'" (Jack McDuff) – 8:10
11. "Motorin' Along" [alternate take] (McGriff) – 5:02
12. "Since I Fell for You" [alternate take] (Johnson) – 6:27

Recorded on July 15, 1958 (tracks 7, 8, 11, 12), May 24, 1959 (tracks 3, 10) and June 16, 1959 (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9).

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Percy France – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 4–6 & 9)
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Technical

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