Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	May 1962
Recorded	March 26 & 28, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:30
Label	Verve; V6-8474
Producer	Creed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Singles from Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
	"Walk on the Wild Side"; Released: April 1962;

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith is a 1962 studio album by 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 includes 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

Technical[]

Creed Taylor – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Del Shields – liner notes

Chart performance[]

Single[]

Year	Single	Chart	Position
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). 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.

[1] Allmusic Review

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[3] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[4] Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith at AllMusic

[5] "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 12, 2017.

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