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Johnny Smith
Guitar Genius
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Where or When - Johnny Smith, Hart
2. Vilia - Johnny Smith, Lehar, Franz
3. Moonlight in Vermont - Johnny Smith, Blackburn
4. Jaguar [Alternate Take] - Johnny Smith, Smith, Johnny [1]
5. What's New? - Johnny Smith, Burke, Johnny
6. Walk Don't Run! - Johnny Smith, Smith, Johnny [1]
7. Lover Man - Johnny Smith, Davies
8. But Beautiful - Johnny Smith, Burke, Johnny
9. Swinging on a Star - Johnny Smith, Burke, Johnny
10. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) - Johnny Smith, Silvers, Phil
11. I Thought About You - Johnny Smith, Burke, Johnny
12. Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Johnny Smith, Burke, Johnny
13. Django - Johnny Smith, Lewis, John
14. Wait Till You See Her - Johnny Smith, Hart
15. 0500 Blues - Johnny Smith, Smith, Johnny [1]
16. More Bass - Johnny Smith, Roumanis, George
17. Uno Poco Loco - Johnny Smith, Powell, Bud
18. Easy Living - Johnny Smith, Rainger
19. Old Girl - Johnny Smith, Roumanis, George
20. Little Girl Blue - Johnny Smith, Hart
21. Tired Blood - Johnny Smith, Smith, Johnny [1]
22. Spring Is Here - Johnny Smith, Hart, Lorenz

CD Details

All Artists: Johnny Smith
Title: Guitar Genius
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Fivefour
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 5/15/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Cool Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5013929310827

Synopsis

Album Description

The sublimely talented, American jazz guitarist Johnny Smith is justifiably and seriously considered to be one of the handful of true greats after Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian. This compilation comprises stellar recordings from Smith's halycon days in the early fifties selections from all of his landmark albums of that period and the entire very brilliant Johnny Smith Quartet LP. Includes his biggest hit 'Moonlight In Vermont'. 22 total tracks. FiveFour.

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CD Reviews

Johnny Smith - 5 Stars; CD Quality 0 Stars

Rocky Mountain Jazz Fan | Wyoming USA | 01/14/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"My father was buying Johnny Smith albums in the 1950's. Not well known by many people, Johnny Smith is arguably one of the best jazz guitarists of all time. He probably would have received that credit more widely had he not chosen to leave the jazz scene in the late 1950's to move to Colorado to raise his daughter (a laudible and selfless act). For years, he ran a music store in Colorado Springs.

When I bought this album, I was truly excited to acquire an anthology of Johnny Smith's work. That was shattered by the absoulutely disgusting mastering of this album. The original LP's (inherited from my father and played countless times), with all of their pops and scratches, sound better than this CD. It sounds like somebody cued up an LP on a cheap stereo and recorded this CD from it with a microphone. Johnny Smith deserves better than this! The poor--no, non-existent--re-mastering of these recordings is shameful.

Maybe someday someone will re-master these recordings and therein capture the magnificent talent of Johnny Smith's playing. Until then, guard your LP's if you have them. If you don't, I guess you can buy this CD and dream about what could have been."