Any Number Can Win (album)

Any Number Can Win
Studio album by
Jimmy Smith
Released1963
RecordedJuly 10,17,25 & 29, 1963
GenreJazz
Length36:03 CD reissue
LabelVerve
V-8618
ProducerCreed Taylor (original), Richard Seidel (reissue)
Jimmy Smith chronology
Hobo Flats
(1963) 		Any Number Can Win
(1963) 		Blue Bash!
(1963)
Singles from Any Number Can Win
  1. "Theme From "Any Number Can Win""
    Released: September 1963

Any Number Can Win is an album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, arranged by Billy Byers and Claus Ogerman.[1]

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 and on the Hot R&B Sides chart.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
Record Mirror[3]

Track listing

  1. "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) – 4:21
  2. "The Ape Woman" (Lalo Schifrin) – 3:21
  3. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 2:28
  4. "G'won Train" (Patti Bown) – 4:21
  5. "(Theme From) Any Number Can Win" (Michel Magne) – 2:10
  6. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) – 2:51
  7. "The Sermon" (Jimmy Smith) – 7:40
  8. "Ruby" (Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld) – 2:20
  9. "Tubs" (Smith) – 2:48
  10. "Blues for C.A." (Smith) – 3:43 Dedicated to Clarence Avant

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1963) Peak
position 		Total
weeks
U.S. Billboard 200 26[4] 33

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1963 "(Theme From) Any Number Can Win" Billboard Hot 100 96[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Any Number Can Win". AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ "Jimmy Smith: Any Number Can Win" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 165. 9 May 1964. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 3, 2017.