Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

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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.

Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1962
RecordedMarch 26 & 28, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length38:30
LabelVerve
V6-8474
ProducerCreed 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 Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

Track listing

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  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

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Musicians
Tracks 1-4

Tracks 5-7

Production

Chart performance

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Single

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Year Single Chart Position
1962 "Walk on the Wild Side" Billboard Hot 100 21[5]

References

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  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. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The 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.