The Incredible Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special (Vinyl) 1988 Don't Mug Yourself

Don't Mug Yourself

Holy Ghost 3:11

the Wellington-based producer knew the direction her next album would take

driven by runaway guitar riffs and a frantic Thurston Moore/Lydia Lunch vocal duet

instead making you feel as though you’re in on it too

The Incredible Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special (Vinyl) 1988 Don't Mug YourselfIts a testament to Jimmy Smiths volcanic creativity that the Hammond B3 organ firebrand recorded not one but two soul jazz classics Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack in a single day when he entered Van Gelder Studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums. Smith had been a self taught pianist before abandoning the instrument in 1954 in favor of the organ, renting a