Respect (Jimmy Smith album)

Respect
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1967
Recorded	June 2, 14, 1967 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	31:26 CD reissue
Label	Verve V-8705
Producer	Creed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1967) Respect (1967) The Boss (1968)

Respect is a 1967 album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith.^[1][2]

On the Billboard albums chart, Respect peaked at number 60, at 3 on the top R&B albums chart and at 5 on the top Jazz albums chart.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Billboard magazine chose Respect as one of their 'Jazz Spotlight' albums for their 30 September 1967 issue and commented that "It's Smith at his best - and that means sales in the register".^[4]

AllMusic awarded the album two stars and its review by Scott Yanow stated that Smith "...mostly sticks to then-current R&B hits on this out of print LP. He does what he can with "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," a brief "Respect" and "Funky Broadway" while contributing his own blues "T-Bone Steak." The 31-minute set has its moments but no real surprises, yet it swings funkily throughout."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) - 6:30
2. "Respect" (Otis Redding) - 2:12
3. "Funky Broadway" (Arlester "Dyke" Christian) - 6:39
4. "T-Bone Steak" (Jimmy Smith) - 7:24
5. "Get out of My Life Woman" (Allen Toussaint) - 8:50

Personnel

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Eric Gale - guitar
• Thornel Schwartz
• Bob Bushnell - double bass
• Ron Carter
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums
• Grady Tate

Production

• Jack Anesh - cover design
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
• Val Valentin - director of engineering
• A. B. Spellman - liner notes
• Irv Elkin - cover photography
• Creed Taylor - producer

References

1. "Respect". Allmusic. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
2. Discogs accessed March 20, 2015
3. Respect - Awards at AllMusic
4. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (30 September 1967). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510.