Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	May 1962
Recorded	March 26 & 28, 1962 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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith is a 1962 studio album by Jimmy Smith, accompanied by a big band arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson.^[3] It was his first for Verve Records.

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

Performance

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
• Thomas Mitchell - bass tuba
• Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman - trombone
• Barry Galbraith - guitar
• George Duvivier - bass
• Ed Shaughnessy - drums

Tracks 5-7

• Jimmy Smith - organ
• Quentin Warren - guitar
• Donald Bailey - drums

Production

• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
• Del Shields - liner notes
• Creed Taylor - producer

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