Dot Com Blues

Dot Com Blues

Dot Com Blues

ASIN: B000050J47

Editorial Reviews
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Organist Jimmy Smith's Blue Note and Verve back-catalog is the stuff of legend, and the man plays as well on Dot Com Blues as he ever has. But this session is more than another Jimmy Smith album. At times you wonder where Jimmy is among all the accompanying star power, but if you listen, he is still there, rubbing the honeyed keys as B.B. King, Etta James, Dr. John, and Keb Mo wail and work it. Smith shows he is still the master of the blueswalk in "8 Counts for Rita," "C.C. Rider," "Tuition Blues," and the title track, as well as on a sumptuously slow version of "Mood Indigo." Here, Smith solos with gritty abandon in a small-group setting with such notables as guitarist Russell Malone, drummer Harvey Mason, and percussionist Lenny Castro. Smith is more often felt than heard elsewhere, though, and maybe that is understandable when Etta James lets rips on a wobbly version of "I Just Wanna Make Love to You." The opening "Only in It for the Money" is better balanced, perhaps because Dr. John understands the value of less-is-more and, as a fellow keyboardist, doesn't want to step on Smith's celebrated toes. Finally, B.B. King helps make "Three O'Clock Blues" a rocking blowout that transports the listener back to some rock & blues tent meeting circa 1956. Dot Com Blues proves that Jimmy Smith can still raise the rug and do what he does best, star power in attendance or not. --Ken Micallef

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Dot Com Blues
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Defining Album of Smith's Verve Years
  • The Master: His best work ever
  • Not to mention Taj
  • Jazz? Blues? It Just Works!
  • I didn't understand
 Dot Com Blues
Jimmy Smith
Manufacturer: Verve
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000050J47
Release Date: 2001-01-09

Tracks:

  1. Only In It For The Money
  2. 8 Counts For Rita
  3. Strut
  4. C C Rider
  5. I Just Wanna Make Love To You
  6. Mood Indigo
  7. Over & Over
  8. Three O'Clock Blues
  9. Dot Com Blues
  10. Mr. Johnson
  11. Tuition Blues

Amazon.com

Organist Jimmy Smith's Blue Note and Verve back-catalog is the stuff of legend, and the man plays as well on Dot Com Blues as he ever has. But this session is more than another Jimmy Smith album. At times you wonder where Jimmy is among all the accompanying star power, but if you listen, he is still there, rubbing the honeyed keys as B.B. King, Etta James, Dr. John, and Keb Mo wail and work it. Smith shows he is still the master of the blueswalk in "8 Counts for Rita," "C.C. Rider," "Tuition Blues," and the title track, as well as on a sumptuously slow version of "Mood Indigo." Here, Smith solos with gritty abandon in a small-group setting with such notables as guitarist Russell Malone, drummer Harvey Mason, and percussionist Lenny Castro. Smith is more often felt than heard elsewhere, though, and maybe that is understandable when Etta James lets rips on a wobbly version of "I Just Wanna Make Love to You." The opening "Only in It for the Money" is better balanced, perhaps because Dr. John understands the value of less-is-more and, as a fellow keyboardist, doesn't want to step on Smith's celebrated toes. Finally, B.B. King helps make "Three O'Clock Blues" a rocking blowout that transports the listener back to some rock & blues tent meeting circa 1956. Dot Com Blues proves that Jimmy Smith can still raise the rug and do what he does best, star power in attendance or not. --Ken Micallef

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Defining Album of Smith's Verve Years.......2007-06-11

When you go to the Detroit/Montreax Jazz Festival and ALREADY hear covers of this album's title track, as WELL AS 8 Counts for Rita, you know Jimmy struck up something he didn't intend- a legendary album. Just rolling it out as usual, the Home Cooker rocked out an album that, only three-quarters of a decade later, is being used as a signature for Jimmy Smith.

In good company, Smith doesn't hog the mic. He is merely the instigator of even more cool licks. 8 Counts and Dot Com Blues are surely going to be (and most likely already are) blues standards.

It appears Smith is the master of blues, although his bebop is still to be reckoned with. It is almost like this album was waiting in time for Jimmy Smith to catch up to it, because no one else could have handled it quite like him. In short time, this album will be sitting alongside "The Sermon", "Organ Grinder Swing" and most of the others as Jimmy Smith's tickets to redemption into Heaven.

5 out of 5 stars The Master: His best work ever.......2005-08-02

This album is among the best work Jimmy Smith has ever done. It was recorded in 2000, hence the title. In much of his earlier work, producers stuck him with big bands. Somewhat understandable as Smith produced some classic hits: "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," for example. But too often the result was too loud, too brassy and just got in the way. Or Smith was paired with the great guitarist Wes Montgomery, whose sound (in this man's opinion) was way too relaxed for the likes of Jimmy Smith. Here he is in the perfect milieu, backed by a small studio group that can PLAY. They also get out of his way and allow him to soar. On some tracks guest artists are brought in. The best stuff is just Smith and his sidemen. I mean, they do cook. "8 Counts for Rita," "Strut," "Dot Com Blues," and especially "Mr. Johnson" are just pure. Jimmy Smith ranks with the greatest jazz artists of all time, a man who fashioned a sound and style as distinctive as Miles Davis on trumpet, Gerry Mulligan on barry sax, Ray Charles as a vocalist. The word "genius" is sometimes used too loosely. It fits this man like a glove.

4 out of 5 stars Not to mention Taj .......2004-08-17

The cut I heard on the radio featured a fantastic vocal performance by Taj Mahal. So goood in blue - wanting to hear an entire album of these guys together.

5 out of 5 stars Jazz? Blues? It Just Works!.......2003-12-26

I saw Jimmy Smith at his Jazz Supper Club in the mid-70s. This brought back many memories. But he still carries his own sound. Highly recommended. I've got to admit, with two kids in college, I was spurred to buy it by the last title - Tuition Blues. If you don't own any Jimmy Smith, this is a good place to start.

4 out of 5 stars I didn't understand.......2002-11-14

I couldn't understand what that guy from San Jose wrote. He says he's a Jimmy Smith's fan, Ok. But he complains that it is a jazz album and not a blues album when Jimmy Smith is, and has always been, a great jazz musician. He complains as if, by the title you should identify the contents of the CD. Lot's of jazz CDs have "blues" in their name...
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          From the Manufacturer

          The 2006 Classic Blues Artwork Calendar features the classic Paramount promotional artwork of the 1920's that inspired such artists as Robert Crumb and others. The Classic Blues Artwork Calendar comes with a free Blues CD that includes 16 classic Blues songs by many Pre-War Blues Artists. The Calendar also includes full-color inserts to make your own Classic Blues Artwork CD with a jewel case. (Jewel case not included.)

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                Tracks:

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                Album Details

                Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: 'since I Lost My Baby'. Includes Special Guest Spots by B.b. King, Etta James, Taj Mahal, Dr. John and Keb' Mo'.
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