Jimmy Smith Rap

Good God Almighty, like back in the old days
You know, years ago they had the A&R men
To tell you what to play, how to play it
And you know, whether it’s disco or rock
But we just told Bruce that we wanted to straighten that jazz out
And so we got the fellas together
Grady Tate, Ron Carter, George Benson, Stanley Turrentine
Stanley was coming off a cool jazz festival
Ron was coming off a cool jazz festival
And we just went in the studio and we did it
We had the champagne in the studio, of course
You know, compliments of the company
And we just laid back and did it
Also, Grady Tate’s wife brought us down some home cooked chicken
And we just laid back and we was chomping on chicken and having a ball
Jazz is the only real music that’s gonna last
All that other bullshit is here today and gone tomorrow
But jazz was, is and always will be
We may not do this sort of recording again
And I may not get with the fellas again
George, Ron, Grady Tate, Stanley Turrentine
So we hope you enjoy listening to this album half as much as we enjoyed playing
it for you
Because we had a ball