Damn! (Jimmy Smith album)


Damn! is a 1996 album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith. The album was Smith's first album for Verve Records for over twenty years.
Damn! peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Top Jazz Album charts.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album four stars with Leggett writing that "The whole album, start to finish, works a wonderful groove, but versions here of James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man," and Charlie Parker's "Scrapple from the Apple" are particularly strong..Damn! is right up there with his best work, full of a joyous energy, and it sparked a resurgence of sorts for Smith."

Track listing

  1. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" – 7:30
  2. "Sister Sadie" – 6:57
  3. "Woody 'n' You" – 6:50
  4. "The One Before This" – 6:53
  5. "Watermelon Man" – 8:43
  6. "Dat Dere" – 7:30
  7. "Scrapple from the Apple" – 5:25
  8. "Hi-Fly" – 6:35
  9. "A L Mode" – 6:25

    Personnel

;Production