| Bluesmith | ||||
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | September 11, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 42:33 | |||
| Label | Verve V6-8809 | |||
| Producer | Eric Miller | |||
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Bluesmith is a 1972 jazz album by Jimmy Smith, released on the Verve label. [1] [2]
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| Allmusic |   |
Allmusic awarded the album four and a half stars, with reviewer Scott Yanow writing that it was "...ironic that one of Jimmy Smith's best Verve releases would be his next-to-last for the label." Yanow also commented that it was a "surprisingly freewheeling but relaxed jam session" and "Fine straight-ahead music." [1]
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