14/09/2025
Jimmy Smith "Unfinished Business" (1978) -Jazz Funk-
Label : Mercury Records
01 - Stevie (Tribute To Stevie Wonder) (Jimmy Smith)
02 - Norristown, PA (Jimmy Smith)
03 - 8 Counts For Rita (Jimmy Smith)
04 - Unfinished Business (Jimmy Smith)
Side Two
01 - Blues For Charlie (Jimmy Smith)
02 - Until It's Time For You To Go (Buffy St. Marie)
03 - Serpentine Fire (Maurice White, Verdine White & Sonny Burke)
Personnel :
Jimmy Smith : Organ, Piano, String Ensemble & Synthesizer
Ray Crawford : Guitar
Kenny Dixon : Drums
Kevin Brandon : Bass
Nolan Smith : Trumpet & Flugelhorn
John Phillips : Tenor Saxophone, 'C' Flute & Alto Flute
Stanley Behrens : 'C' Flute
Bud Clarke : Percussion
Stephanie Spruill : Percussion
Personnel on "Serpentine Fire"
Arranged by Jimmy Smith
Horns Arranged & Conducted by Ronnie Foster
Jimmy Smith : Organ & Synthesizer
Ronnie Foster : Electric Piano & Synthesizer
David T. Walker : Guitar
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Stephanie Spruill : Percussion
John Phillips : Tenor Saxophone
Nolan Smith : Trumpet
Arrangement for String Ensemble on "Stevie" by Jimmy Jones
Recorded January 18, 19, 27, 1978 at Valentine Studios, North Hollywood
Engineer : Jimmy Valentine
"Serpentine Fire" Recorded Feb. 1, 1978 at Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles
Engineer : Kelly Kotera
"Until It's Time For You To Go" Recorded Dec. 13, 1974 at Soundtek Studios, N.Y.C.
Engineer : Steve Schaeffer
Entire Album Edited & Mixed at Record Plant Studios by Kelly Kotera & Assistant Engineer Philip Jamtaas, Feb. 4, 1978
Produced by Lola Smith
Arranged & Conducted by Jimmy Smith
