Jimmy Smith- Root Down Format:LP New Dimension - Stuttgart schwarz

New Dimension - Stuttgart schwarz

The album showcases the band performing with a 35-piece orchestra

The song 'Joe Lies (When He Cries)' is purported to be the first appearance of what came to be the band's signature sound

all of which were pristinely recorded by Daniel Lanois protege Mark Howard (who also produced Lucinda Williams's World Without Tears)

sourced directly from the original eight-track session tapes with versions taken from the session takes and demo recordings of it's 17 songs

Jimmy Smith- Root Down Format:LP New Dimension - Stuttgart schwarzLabel: Verve Reissued 2016, Originally released 1972 Root Down captures the king of the Hammond B3 organ, Jimmy Smith, playing down and dirty R&B. The album includes two versions (one previously unissued) of Smith's "Root Down," a song covered by the Beastie Boys in 1994. There is also a hypnotic reading of Al Green's pleading "Let's Stay Together," which yet again proves that Jimmy Smith is a man with a lot of soul. Jimmy achieved the rare