Groovin' At Smalls Paradise - Classic Vinyl Series 2025BF50% Mixed directly from 4-track tapes

Mixed directly from 4-track tapes recorded by Wally Heider—resulting in higher-fidelity audio than most ‘lost’ recordings

Passing Ships stands comparison to Hill’s greatest work

Moment’s Notice (incomplete alternate take 5A)

Picnickin'

Groovin' At Smalls Paradise - Classic Vinyl Series 2025BF50% Mixed directly from 4-track tapesBlue Note, 1958 Blue Note co founder Francis Wolff once recalled: 'I first heard Jimmy Smith at Smalls' Paradise in January of 1956. It was his first gig in New York. He was a stunning sight. A man in convulsions, face contorted, crouched over in apparent agony, his fingers flying, his feet dancing over the pedals. The air was filled with waves of sound I had never heard before.' After discovering Smith, Alfred Lion recorded the Hammond B3 organ