Any Number Can Win (album)

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

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.

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

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Billy Byers – arranger (tracks 2, 4, 10)
• Claus Ogerman – arranger (tracks 1, 9), conductor (tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10)
• Richard Seidel – reissue production
• Rudy Van Gelder, Phil Macy, Phil Ramone - recording engineers
• Val Valentin - director of engineering

Chart performance

Album

Single

References

External links

• Any Number Can Win at The Incredible Jimmy Smith site