Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

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Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1962
RecordedMarch 26 & 28, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length38:30
Label Verve
V6-8474
Producer Creed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Plays Fats Waller
(1962)
Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
(1962)
Rockin' the Boat
(1963)
Singles from Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
  1. "Walk on the Wild Side"
    Released: April 1962
Professional ratings
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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.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Walk on the Wild Side" (Elmer Bernstein, Mack David) – 5:55
  2. "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:56
  3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 4:25
  4. "Step Right Up" (Oliver Nelson) – 4:13
  5. "Beggar for the Blues" (Ray Rasch, Dotty Wayne) – 7:28
  6. "Bashin'" (Jimmy Smith) – 6:16
  7. "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)" (Johnny Mercer) – 6:17

Personnel

Musicians
Tracks 1-4

Tracks 5-7

Production

Chart performance

Single

YearSingleChartPosition
1962"Walk on the Wild Side" Billboard Hot 100 21 [5]

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References

  1. AllMusic Review
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith at AllMusic
  5. "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 12, 2017.