Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
1962 studio album by Jimmy Smith
Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy Smith | ||||
Released | May 1962 | |||
Recorded | March 26 & 28, 1962 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:30 | |||
Label | Verve V6-8474 | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Singles from Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, accompanied by a big band arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson.[4] It was Smith's first album for Verve Records. The first four tracks feature an ensemble that included future Tonight Show band members Doc Severinsen and Ed Shaughnessy.
Track listing
- "Walk on the Wild Side" (Elmer Bernstein, Mack David) – 5:55
- "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:56
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 4:25
- "Step Right Up" (Oliver Nelson) – 4:13
- "Beggar for the Blues" (Ray Rasch, Dotty Wayne) – 7:28
- "Bashin'" (Jimmy Smith) – 6:16
- "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)" (Johnny Mercer) – 6:17
Personnel
Musicians
Tracks 1-4
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
- Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
- Bob Ashton, Babe Clarke – tenor saxophone
- George Barrow – baritone saxophone
- Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder – trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman – trombone
- Tom Mitchell – bass trombone
- Barry Galbraith – guitar
- George Duvivier – bass
- Ed Shaughnessy – drums
Tracks 5-7
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Quentin Warren – guitar
- Donald Bailey – drums
Production
- Creed Taylor – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Del Shields – liner notes
Chart performance
Single
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1962 | "Walk on the Wild Side" | Billboard Hot 100 | 21[5] |
References
- ^ AllMusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith at AllMusic
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
albums
- A New Sound... A New Star... Volume 1 (1956)
- A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (1956)
- The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956)
- At Club Baby Grand (1956)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (1957)
- Plays Pretty Just for You (1957)
- Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
- Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise (1957)
- House Party (1958)
- The Sermon (1958)
- Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958)
- Cool Blues (1958)
- Six Views of the Blues (1958)
- Home Cookin' (1958–59)
- Crazy! Baby (1960)
- Open House (1960)
- Plain Talk (1960)
- Midnight Special (1960)
- Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
- Straight Life (1961)
- Plays Fats Waller (1962)
- I'm Movin' On (1963)
- Bucket! (1963)
- Rockin' the Boat (1963)
- Prayer Meetin' (with Stanley Turrentine, 1963)
- One Night with Blue Note (1985)
albums
- Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (1962)
- Hobo Flats (1963)
- Any Number Can Win (1963)
- Blue Bash! (with Kenny Burrell, 1963)
- The Cat (1964)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
- Christmas '64 (1964)
- Monster (1965)
- Organ Grinder Swing (1965)
- Got My Mojo Workin' (1966)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
- Peter & the Wolf (1966)
- Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (with Wes Montgomery, 1966)
- Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966)
- Respect (1967)
- The Boss (1968)
- Groove Drops (1970)
- The Other Side of Jimmy Smith (1970)
- Root Down (1972)
- Bluesmith (1972)
- Damn! (1995)
- Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams (1995)
- Dot Com Blues (2000)
other labels
- Black Smith (1974)
- The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby, 1969)
- Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
- Ellington Is Forever (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
- Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984)
- L.A. Is My Lady (Frank Sinatra, 1984)
- Bad (Michael Jackson, 1987)
- Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)