Open House (album)

This article is about the album by Jimmy Smith. For the album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith, see Open House!

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.^[1] 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.

Open House
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	January 1968
Recorded	March 22, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:03
Label	Blue Note BST 84269
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
Crazy! Baby (1960) Open House (1968) Plain Talk (1960)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a fast-paced studio jam session".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Quentin Warren – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Additional musicians

• Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1, 3)
• Jackie McLean – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4; feature track 4)
• Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 3; feature track 2)

Technical

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