Root Down (album)

Root Down
Live album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1972
Recorded	February 8, 1972
Venue	The Bombay Bicycle Club, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz-funk
Length	41:47 67:08 (remastered version)
Label	Verve V-8806
Jimmy Smith chronology
In a Plain Brown Wrapper (1972) Root Down (1972) Bluesmith (1972)

Root Down is a 1972 live jazz album by Jimmy Smith, released on the Verve label. It was recorded in Los Angeles on February 8, 1972. It includes the song "Root Down (And Get It)" which was sampled by the Beastie Boys for their song "Root Down."^[1]

Root Down peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top Jazz Album charts.^[2]