Here Comes Louis Smith

1958 studio album by Louis Smith

Studio album by

Louis Smith

Released

March/April 1958

Recorded

February 4 & 9, 1958

Studio

Audio Sonic Sound, Brill Building, NYC

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:17

Label

Blue Note
BLP 1584

Producer

Tom Wilson

Louis Smith chronology

Here Comes Louis Smith
(1958)

Smithville
(1958)

Here Comes Louis Smith is the debut album by American trumpeter Louis Smith recorded on February 4 & 9, 1958 for Transition, but the company went out of business before release;^[1] the album masters were acquired by Blue Note's Alfred Lion and released shortly after on Blue Note that same year.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow says. "Louis Smith had a brilliant debut on this Blue Note album, his first of two before becoming a full-time teacher."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Louis Smith, except as noted.

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Tribute to Brownie"	Duke Pearson	February 4, 1958	6:38
2.	"Brill's Blues"		February 4, 1958	8:22
3.	"Ande"		February 9, 1958	6:42

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Stardust"	Hoagy Carmichael	February 9, 1958	5:20
2.	"South Side"		February 4, 1958	8:38
3.	"Val's Blues"		February 9, 1958	6:37

Personnel

Louis Smith – trumpet
Cannonball Adderley (credited as "Buckshot La Funke") – alto saxophone (except "Stardust")
Duke Jordan (February 4, 1958), Tommy Flanagan (February 9, 1958) – piano
Doug Watkins – bass
Art Taylor – drums

References

^ Ginell, Cary (2013). Walk Tall: The Music and Life of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. Milwaukee, Wisconscin: Hal Leonard. p. 33. ISBN 9781480343030.
^ Blue Note discography accessed October 20, 2010
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 20, 2010

Tommy Flanagan

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

Albums
as leader
or co-leader

Overseas (1957)
Lonely Town (1959)
The Tommy Flanagan Trio (1960)
Solo Piano (1974)
The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital (1975)
Trinity (1976)
Alone Too Long (1977)
Confirmation (1977–78)
Eclypso (1977)
Montreux '77 (1977)
Ballads & Blues (1978)
More Delights (1978)
Our Delights (1978)
Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978)
The Super Jazz Trio (1978)
Together (and Kenny Barron, 1978)
Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen (1978)
Something Tasty (1979)
Super-Session (1980)
The Standard (1980)
You're Me (1980)
...And a Little Pleasure (1981)
The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan (1981)
Giant Steps (1982)
Thelonica (1982)
The Magic of 2 (and Jaki Byard, 1982)
Blues in the Closet (1983)
I'm All Smiles (and Hank Jones, 1983)
The Master Trio (and Ron Carter, Tony Williams, 1983)
Nights at the Vanguard (1986)
Jazz Poet (1989)
Beyond the Blue Bird (1990)
Flanagan's Shenanigans (1993)
Lady Be Good ... For Ella (1993)
Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones (1993)
Sea Changes (1996)
Sunset and the Mockingbird (1997)

With
Pepper
Adams

Motor City Scene (1960)
Encounter! (1968)
The Master (1980)
The Adams Effect (1985)

With
Kenny
Burrell

Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956)
Swingin' (1956)
Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
All Day Long (1957)
Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957)
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958)
Weaver of Dreams (1960–61)
Bluesy Burrell (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962)

With
John
Coltrane

The Cats (no leader,1957)
Jazz Way Out (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
Mainstream 1958 (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
Tanganyika Strut (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
Giant Steps (Coltrane, 1959)

With
Art
Farmer

Art (1960)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964)
Group Therapy (New York Jazz Sextet, 1965–66)

With
Ella
Fitzgerald

Ella at Juan-Les-Pins (1964)
Ella in Hamburg (1965)
Sunshine of Your Love (1968)
Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) (1969)
Ella in Budapest (1970)
Ella à Nice (1971)
Ella Loves Cole (1972)
Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Ella in London (1974)
Fine and Mellow (1974)
Montreux '75 (1975)
Montreux '77 (1977)

With
Curtis
Fuller

Jazz ...It's Magic! (1957)
Blues-ette (1959)
Sliding Easy (1959)
South American Cookin' (1961)

With
Coleman
Hawkins

At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
Coleman Hawkins All Stars (1960)
Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
Back in Bean's Bag (1962)
Desafinado (1962)
Good Old Broadway (1962)
Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962)
Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962)
Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962)
The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962)
Today and Now (1962)

With
Milt
Jackson

Bags & Flutes (1957)
Bags' Opus (1958)
Bean Bags (1958)
Vibrations (1960–61)
Invitation (1962)
Statements (1961)
Jazz 'n' Samba (1964)

With
J.J.
Johnson

J Is for Jazz (1956)
Blue Trombone (1957)
Dial J. J. 5 (1957)
First Place (1957)
J. J. in Person! (1958)
Pinnacles (1979)

With
Sonny
Rollins

Saxophone Colossus (1956)
There Will Never Be Another You (1965)
Falling in Love with Jazz (1989)
Old Flames (1993)
Sonny Rollins + 3 (1995)

With
others

Tentets (Franco Ambrosetti, 1985)
Boss Tenor (Gene Ammons, 1960)
Big Brass (Benny Bailey, 1960)
Bash! (Dave Bailey, 1961)
Who Is Gary Burton? (Gary Burton, 1962)
Jazz Lab (Donald Byrd, 1957)
Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie, 1976)
Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
More Party Time (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
Rhythm in Mind (Steve Coleman, 1991)
Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss, 1968)
Straight Ahead (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1976)
Collectors' Items (Miles Davis, 1956)
Quiet Kenny (Kenny Dorham, 1959)
The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (1960 [1976])
Opening Remarks (Ted Dunbar, 1978)
Patented by Edison (Harry "Sweets" Edison, 1960)
The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960)
The Song Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
Chromatic Palette (Tal Farlow, 1981)
The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
Gettin' with It (Benny Golson, 1959)
Free (Benny Golson, 1962)
The Panther! (Dexter Gordon, 1970)
The Swingin'est (Bennie Green and Gene Ammons, 1958)
Grey's Mood (Al Grey, 1973–75)
It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
Can't Help Swinging (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
Out of the Afternoon (Roy Haynes and Roland Kirk, 1962)
Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960)
New Picture (Jimmy Heath, 1985)
Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson, released 1997)
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
Mirage (Bobby Hutcherson, 1991)
Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson, 1962)
Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet, 1962)
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
Let's Swing! (Budd Johnson, 1960)
Heart to Heart (Elvin Jones, 1980)
Blues for Dracula (Philly Joe Jones, 1958)
Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones, 1956)
Mad Thad (Thad Jones, 1956–57)
A Story Tale (Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red, 1961)
The Adventurer (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
Booker Little (1960)
Vocalese (The Manhattan Transfer, 1985)
Flute Flight (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957)
Flute Soufflé (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957)
Dusty Blue (Howard McGhee, 1960)
Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Charles Mingus, 1960)
De Lawd's Blues (Billy Mitchell, 1980)
Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61)
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
Jeru (Gerry Mulligan, 1962)
Jive at Five (Joe Newman, 1960)
Good 'n' Groovy (Joe Newman with Frank Foster, 1960)
Joe's Hap'nin's (Joe Newman, 1961)
Straight Life (Art Pepper, 1979)
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (1956)
Limbo Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962)
Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! (Dave Pike, 1962)
Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962)
Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester, 1960)
Wisteria (Jimmy Raney, 1985)
Swingin' with Pee Wee (Pee Wee Russell, 1960)
Stable Mates (A. K. Salim, 1957)
Here Comes Louis Smith (Louis Smith, 1958)
Roots (Idrees Sulieman, 1957)
Tate-a-Tate (Buddy Tate, 1960)
Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960)
Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again (1965)
Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
ZT's Blues (Stanley Turrentine, 1961)
The Frank Wess Quartet (1960)
Southern Comfort (Frank Wess, 1962)
California Soul (Gerald Wilson, 1968)
Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)
Rights of Swing (Phil Woods, 1961)

Discography

v t e Duke Jordan
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (1955) Flight to Jordan (1960) Brooklyn Brothers (with Cecil Payne, 1973) Flight to Denmark (1973) Two Loves (1973) Duke's Delight (1975) Lover Man (1975) Misty Thursday (1975) Truth (1975) Flight to Japan (1976) Live in Japan (1976) Duke's Artistry (1978) The Great Session (1978) Tivoli One (1978) Tivoli Two (1978) Wait and See (1978) Change a Pace (1979) Midnight Moonlight (1979) Thinking of You (1979) Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981) As Time Goes By (1985) Time on My Hands (1985)
With others	All Star Sessions (Gene Ammons, 1950) The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956) No Problem (Chet Baker, 1979) Les Liaisons dangereuses (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1959) True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960) Swingin' (Kenny Burrell, 1956) Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958) The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976) Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955) The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1952) Stan Getz Plays (1952) Doin' the Gigi (Gigi Gryce, 1957) The Return of Howard McGhee (1955) Beautiful! (Charles McPherson, 1965) Complete Charlie Parker on Dial/Charlie Parker on Dial (1947) Patterns of Jazz (Cecil Payne, 1956) Bird Gets the Worm (Cecil Payne, 1976) Oscar Pettiford (1954) Introducing Doug Raney (1977) Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960) Here Comes Louis Smith (1958) Stitt's Bits (Sonny Stitt, 1950) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962) The Champ (Sonny Stitt, 1973) Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)