Back at the Chicken Shack
1963 studio album by Jimmy Smith
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Back at the Chicken Shack is an album by Jimmy Smith. It was recorded in 1960 and released in 1963 on the Blue Note label. Smith recorded the album in the same session as his previous album Midnight Special. It was cited in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5]
ReleasedFebruary 12, 1963
RecordedApril 25, 1960
StudiosVan Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
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| Released | February 12, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | April 25, 1960 | |||
| Studios | Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
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| Length | 43:35 (CD), 37:50 (LP) | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Back at the Chicken Shack" | Jimmy Smith | 8:01 |
| 2. | "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" | Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | 9:54 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 3. | "Minor Chant" | Stanley Turrentine | 7:30 |
| 4. | "Messy Bessie" | Smith | 12:25 |
| Total length: | 37:50 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 5. | "On the Sunny Side of the Street" | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | 5:45 |
| Total length: | 43:35 | ||
Personnel
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Kenny Burrell – guitar (1,4,5)
- Donald Bailey – drums
Production
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
