Plain Talk, released in 1968, features Jimmy Smith in a more relaxed, soulful mode than some of his earlier, high-energy Blue Note sessions. The album showcases his signature Hammond B3 sound in a set of R&B-inflected jazz tunes.
- The album was recorded on April 12, 1968, at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
- The personnel on the album includes some of the era's top session players, though Blue Note's notes from the time do not specify them all.
- Plain Talk reached number 12 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart in 1968.
Jimmy Smith is a jazz organist from New Jersey, widely considered the instrument's most important proponent. He was a major figure in jazz into the late 1960s, bringing the Hammond B3 to prominence.
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