A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2

A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2, also released as The Champ, is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded at Van Gelder Studio on March 27, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year.^[1]

A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2
Studio album by Jimmy Smith at the Organ
Released	1956
Recorded	March 27, 1956
Studio	Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:29
Label	Blue Note BLP 1514
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1 (1956) A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2 (1956) The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956)

Release history

The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's first LP, A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1, and the following Jimmy Smith at the Organ.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	(CD reissue) [4]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

The All About Jazz reviewer commented that it was more bebop-based than the first volume.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith, except as noted.

Side 1

1. "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:36
2. "Bayou" – 4:52
3. "Deep Purple" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) – 7:14

Side 2

1. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 4:32
2. "Ready 'n Able" – 6:31
3. "Turquoise" – 4:12
4. "Bubbis" – 4:32

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Thornel Schwartz – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
• Reid Miles – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Babs Gonzales – liner notes

References

1. Blue Note discography. Retrieved October 5, 2010
2. "Jimmy Smith - A New Sound... A New Star, Volume 1–3". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
3. AllMusic review. Retrieved October 5, 2010
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Davis, Marc (August 26, 2014). "Jimmy Smith: Jimmy Smith: A New Sound, A New Star, Vol. 1 and 2 – Blue Note 1512 and 1514". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 11, 2020.