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
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
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith is a 1962 studio album by American Jimmy Smith, accompanied by a big band arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson.[3] 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

  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

Technical

Chart performance

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1962 "Walk on the Wild Side" Billboard Hot 100 21[4]

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1313. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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