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{{Infobox album|
| name         = A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1
| type         = Album
| artist       = [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith at the Organ]]
| cover        = A New Sound A New Star.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = 1956
| recorded     = February 18, 1956
| venue        =
| studio       = [[Van Gelder Studio]]<br>[[Hackensack, New Jersey]]
| genre        = [[Jazz]]
| length       = 40:04
| label        = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]<br>BLP 1512
| producer     = [[Alfred Lion]]
| chronology   = [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]]
| prev_title   =
| prev_year    =
| next_title   = [[A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2]]
| next_year    = 1956
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke song)|Midnight Sun]]
| single1date = 1957
}}
}}
'''''A New Sound... A New Star..., Vol. 1''''' is the debut album by the American jazz organist [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]], recorded on February 18, 1956 and released on [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] later that year.<ref name="Blue Note discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/discography-1955-1956/#560218 Blue Note discography] accessed October 5, 2010</ref>
== Background ==
The album was rereleased on CD combined with Smith's following two LPs, [[A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2|<u>''A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2''</u>]] (1956) and ''[[The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ|Jimmy Smith at the Organ]]'' (1956).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/jimmy-smith/a-new-sound-a-new-star-volume-1-3(compilation) |title=Jimmy Smith - A New Sound... A New Star, Volume 1–3 |website=Jazz Music Archives |access-date=January 25, 2024}}</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
|rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev2score  = (CD reissue) {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1312}}</ref>
}}
The [[AllMusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] states, "The debut of organist Jimmy Smith on records (he was already 30) was a major event, for he introduced a completely new and very influential style on the organ, one that virtually changed the way the instrument is played."<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r164774|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed October 5, 2010</ref>
==Track listing==
=== Side 1 ===
# "[[The Way You Look Tonight]]" ([[Dorothy Fields]], [[Jerome Kern]]) – 5:04
# "You Get 'Cha" – 4:23 (Jimmy Smith)
# "[[Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke song)|Midnight Sun]]" ([[Sonny Burke]], [[Lionel Hampton]], [[Johnny Mercer]]) – 4:26
# "[[Oh, Lady Be Good!]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]]) – 5:49
=== Side 2 ===
# "[[The High and the Mighty (1954 song)|The High and the Mighty]]" ([[Dimitri Tiomkin]], [[Ned Washington]]) – 4:21
# "[[But Not for Me (song)|But Not for Me]]" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:30
# "[[The Preacher (Horace Silver song)|The Preacher]]" ([[Horace Silver]]) – 4:35
# "[[Tenderly]]" ([[Walter Gross (musician)|Walter Gross]], [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]]) – 3:56
# "[[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring|Joy]]" ([[Johann Sebastian Bach]]) – 3:13
==Personnel==
=== Musicians ===
*[[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]] – [[Hammond organ]]
*[[Thornel Schwartz]] – guitar
*Bay Perry – drums
=== Technical personnel ===
* [[Alfred Lion]] – producer
* [[Rudy Van Gelder]] – recording engineer
* [[Reid Miles]] – design
* [[Francis Wolff]] – photography
* [[Babs Gonzales]] – liner notes
==References==
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