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Talkin' Verve: Roots Of Acid Jazz,Jimmy Smith

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Jimmy Smith
Released 1996

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- 1
- Blues 3+1
- 04:53
- 518 plays

- 2
- Ode To Billie Joe
- 06:21
- 311 plays

- 3
- Organ Grinder's Swing
- 02:15
- 448 plays

- 4
- The Ape Woman
- 03:22
- 255 plays

- 5
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- 04:23
- 395 plays

- 6
- Funky Broadway
- 06:38
- 392 plays

- 7
- Mellow Mood
- 08:40
- 678 plays

- 8
- Burning Spear
- 03:54
- 413 plays

- 9
- One Mint Julep
- 05:28
- 233 plays

- 10
- Hobo Flats
- 04:42
- 204 plays

- 11
- Groove Drops
- 04:12
- 315 plays

- 12
- TNT
- 05:24
- 332 plays

- 13
- Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
- 04:43
- 332 plays

- 14
- The Sermon
- 07:41
- 192 plays

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album review

Designed to appeal to hip-hop and acid jazz fans, not jazz purists, Talkin' Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz collects 14 tracks Jimmy Smith cut for Verve during the late '60s. Comprised of pop covers and funky workouts, the music is "jazzy," not jazz -- there's little improvisation on the record, but there is a lot of hot vamping, with Smith creating dense, funky chord clusters and bluesy leads. It's music that is devoted to the groove, and while a few of these cuts fall flat -- "Ode to Billie Joe" has no funk in it, no matter how hard you try -- but for the most part Talkin' Verve is soulful fun. Not much of this sounds like acid jazz, especially since the rhythms are a little stiff, but it's enjoyable lite funk, and it's more palatable in the compilation than it is on their original albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide