The Cat (album)

The Cat is a 1964 album by Jimmy Smith. It features Smith on Hammond B-3 organ with big band arrangements by composer Lalo Schifrin. The album reached number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart.[3]

The Cat
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	September 1964
Recorded	April 27, 1964 – April 29, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:44
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Blue Bash! (1963) The Cat (1964) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
Singles from The Cat
"The Cat" Released: August 1964

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

The title track has been sampled by Pizzicato 5 "Twiggy Twiggy" and The Orb "Perpetual Dawn (Ultrabass 2)".[4]

Track listing

1. "Theme from Joy House" (Lalo Schifrin) – 4:38
2. "The Cat" (from Joy House) (Lalo Schifrin, Rick Ward) – 3:24
3. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 4:00
4. "Main Title from The Carpetbaggers" (Elmer Bernstein, Ray Colcord) – 3:56
5. "Chicago Serenade" (Eddie Harris) – 3:55
6. "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) – 3:18
7. "Delon's Blues" (Smith) – 4:48
8. "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:45

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Ray Alonge – french horn
• Earl Chapin – french horn
• Bill Correa – french horn
• Jimmy Buffington – french horn
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Don Butterfield – tuba
• Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
• Urbie Green – trombone
• Billy Byers – trombone
• George Duvivier – bass
• Bernie Glow – trumpet
• Thad Jones – trumpet
• Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet
• Marky Markowitz – trumpet
• Ernie Royal – trumpet
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Phil Kraus – percussion
• Tony Studd – bass trombone
• Grady Tate – drums

Technical

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Val Valentin – engineer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Lalo Schifrin – arranger, conductor
• Ken Whitmore – photography
• Al Collins – liner notes

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1964)	Peak position	Total weeks
U.S. Billboard 200	12[3]	32

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1964	"The Cat"	Billboard Hot 100	67[5]

References

1. "AllMusic Review - The Cat". Retrieved December 18, 2017.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. "Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 19, 2017.
4. http://www.whosampled.com/Jimmy-Smith/?sp=2
5. "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 19, 2017.

• The Cat [CD liner notes]. 2005. The Verve Music Group.