Recorded in 1957 and released on Blue Note Records, House Party is one of the defining albums in the history of jazz organ, a studio session that crackles with the spontaneous energy of a live blowing date. Jimmy Smith leads an all-star cast through a program of bebop, blues, and standards, joined by Lee Morgan and Curtis Fuller on brass, Lou Donaldson and George Coleman on saxophones, Tina Brooks contributing his lyrical hard-bop voice, guitarists Kenny Burrell and Eddie McFadden, and the twin engine room of Art Blakey and Donald Bailey on drums. The result is less a polished studio production than a summit of titans, playing at peak intensity for the sheer joy of it.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is the definitive modern pressing of the album: all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray directly from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal pressing in Germany, the gold standard for audiophile vinyl production. The stereo presentation opens up the soundstage of Rudy Van Gelder's original recording, giving every instrument room to breathe. For serious collectors and audiophiles, this is the pressing to own.
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Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
