Many times an artist's best talents are displayed as a sideman; that's when he enhances another artist's music, such is the case of "The Sermon" by that great organist Jimmy Smith.
As fantastic as Jimmy Smith is, what would "The Sermon" be without the soloist. This is absolutely one of the best jams ever. Every jazz lover can recall the first time he heard "The Sermon", all 20 minutes of it.
The lead off of Jimmy's organ followed by Burrell on his jazzy guitar, with Jimmy in the background; next we have Tina Brooks soulful tenor, he's followed by Lee Morgan on trumpet. Last, but not least, Mr. Lou Donaldson; just to think that you get all of those stars on one cut on this album; the longest and the best cut, which is why it's the title cut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3X5J_wGHrw&t=64s
It's difficult to tell after the passage of so much time whether or not this music stands on it's own with new listeners, or is it only fantastic to those who were there when it was new; only you can answer that.