Jimmy Smith "Unfinished Business" (1978) -Jazz Funk-

Label : Mercury Records

 Side One

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

Jimmy Smith "The Cat Strikes Again" (1980) -Jazz Funk / Soul Jazz-

Label : Inner City Records

 Side One

01 - The Big Brawl (Lalo Schifrin)

02 - Down Here On The Ground (Lalo Schifrin)

03 - Layin' Low (Jimmy Smith)

04 - Free Ride (Lalo Schifrin)

Side Two

01 - Wersi Time (Lalo Schifrin)

02 - Where Is Magdalena? (Jimmy Smith)

03 - Lonely Shepherd (James Last)

04 - In Search Of Truth (Jimmy Smith)

05 - The Cat Strikes Again (Lalo Schifrin)

Jimmy Smith : Wersi Saturn W 3 T Organ

Howard Roberts, Tim May, Dennis Budimir : Guitars

Ray Brown : Acoustic Bass

Chuck Domanico : Electric Bass

Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Ronnie Foster : Piano

Oscar Brashear, Jerry Hey : Trumpet / Flugelhorn

Gary Herbig, John Bolivar : Saxophone / Flute

Alan Kaplan : Trombone

Hollywood Sound Recorders, July 1980

Engineer : Eirik Wangberg

Production : Wersi Musci Production

Producer : Reinhard Franz

Co-Producer : Jimmy Smith

Conducted & Arranged by Lalo Schifrin

Jimmy Smith "Sit On It!" (1977) -Jazz Funk-

Label : Mercury Records

 Side One

01 - Give Up The Booty (Eugene McDaniels & Alan Silvestri)
02 - Can't Hide Love (Skip Scarbrough)

03 - Cherrystones (Eugene McDaniels)

Side  Two

01 - My Place In Space (Eugene McDaniels & Alan Silvestri)
02 - Born To Groove / From You To Me To You (Jimmy Smith, Herbie Hancock, Eugene McDaniels, Alan Silvestri, Abraham Laboriel & Lenny White) / (Rachel Perry)
03 - Slippery Hips (Eugene McDaniels & Alan Silvestri)


Produced by Eugene McDaniels

Musicians :
Jimmy Smith : Organ & Synthesizer
Herbie Hancock : Piano
Lenny White : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alan Silvestri : Guitar
Steve Forman : Percussion
Stanley Behrens : Harmonica

Music Arranged by Alan Silvestri & Eugene McDaniels

Background Vocals Arranged by Carmen Twillie

Horns Arranged by Jerry Peters ("Give Up The Booty") & Alan Silvestri ("Cherrystones")

Horns :

("Give Up The Booty") : 
George Bohannon : Trombone
Ernie Watts : Tenor Saxophone
Fred Jackson : Alto Saxophone
Nolan Smith : Trumpet

("Cherrystones") :

Kim Hutchcroft : Alto Saxophone

Chuck Findley : First Trumpet

Jerry Hey : Trumpet

Soloists

Afreeka Trees ("Can't Hide Love" & "From You To Me To You")

Venette Gloud ("Give Up The Booty")

Background vocals : Carmen Twillie, Venette Gloud, Bill Champlin

Recorded at The Record Plant Studios & Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles
Remixed at The Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles
Engineer : Doug Rider
Assistant Engineers : Steve Smith, Mike Beiriger & Robert Davenport