''Any Number Can Win'' is an album by the American jazz organist
Jimmy Smith, arranged by
Billy Byers and
Claus Ogerman.
On the
''Billboard'' albums chart, ''Any Number Can Win'' peaked at number 25, and the single of Smith's "(Theme From) Any Number Can Win" peaked at 96 on both the
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), ...
and on the
Hot R&B Sides chart.
Track listing
# "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (
John Benson Brooks,
Bob Russell) – 4:21
# "The Ape Woman" (
Lalo Schifrin
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...
) – 3:21
# "
Georgia on My Mind
"Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, and first recorded that same year by Carmichael at the RCA Studios New York#24th St, RCA Victor Studios at 155 East 24th Street in New York City. The song has ...
" (
Hoagy Carmichael,
Stuart Gorrell) – 2:28
# "G'won Train" (
Patti Bown) – 4:21
# "(Theme From) ''
Any Number Can Win''" (
Michel Magne) – 2:10
# "
What'd I Say" (
Ray Charles) – 2:51
# "The Sermon" (
Jimmy Smith) – 7:40
# "Ruby" (
Mitchell Parish,
Heinz Roemheld) – 2:20
# "Tubs" (Smith) – 2:48
# "Blues for C.A." (Smith) – 3:43 ''Dedicated to Clarence Avant''
Personnel
Musicians
*
Jimmy Smith –
Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...
*
Bob Bushnell –
bass guitar
The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...
(tracks 2, 5, 10)
*
Art Davis –
double bass
The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...
(tracks 1–2, 4, 9–10)
*
George Duvivier – double bass (tracks 6–7)
*
Milt Hinton – double bass (tracks 3, 8)
*
Ed Shaughnessy –
drums
The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
(tracks 1–2, 4, 9–10)
* Doug Allen – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7)
*
Mel Lewis – drums (tracks 6–7)
*
Billy Mure –
guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...
(tracks 3, 5, 7)
*
Kenny Burrell – guitar (tracks 3, 5–8)
* Vince Gambella – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7)
* George Devens –
percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...
(tracks 1–2, 4, 9–10)
*
Jimmy Cleveland,
Melba Liston, Paul Faulise –
trombone (tracks 1–2, 4, 9–10)
*
Charlie Shavers –
trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...
(tracks 1–2, 4)
*
Snooky Young – trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
* Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet (tracks 1–2, 4, 9–10)
*
Joe Newman – trumpet (tracks 1–2, 4–5 9–10)
* James Sedlar – trumpet (track 5)
*
Budd Johnson –
woodwind
Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments.
Common examples include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and Ree ...
(tracks 1–2, 4–5 9–10)
*
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson (December 25, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician and woodwind player. He is cited as playing one of the earliest jazz flute recordings with his work on the 1949 Quincy Jones arranged song "Kingfish".
Caree ...
– woodwind (track 5)
*
Jerry Dodgion, Marvin Halladay,
Phil Woods,
Seldon Powell – woodwinds (tracks 1–2, 4, 9–10)
Technical
*
Creed Taylor –
producer
*
Billy Byers –
arranger (tracks 2, 4, 10)
*
Claus Ogerman – arranger (tracks 1, 9),
conductor (tracks 1–2, 4, 9–10)
* Richard Seidel – reissue production
*
Rudy Van Gelder, Phil Macy,
Phil Ramone – recording engineers
*
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Chart performance
Album
Single
References
External links
''Any Number Can Win'' at The Incredible Jimmy Smith site
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1963 albums
Jimmy Smith (musician) albums
Albums arranged by Billy Byers
Albums arranged by Claus Ogerman
Albums conducted by Claus Ogerman
Albums produced by Creed Taylor
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Verve Records albums