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Bashin' - The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
  front cover   side a

1
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3
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4

Walk On The Wild Side
5:53
Bernstein

Ol' Man River
3:52
Hammerstein 2nd / Kern

In A Mellow Tone
4:23
Ellington

Step Right Up
4:11
Nelson

  
  back cover   side b

1
5
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2
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3
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Beggar For The Blues *
7:27
Wayne / Rasch

Bashin' *
6:10
Smith

I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande) *
6:08
Mercer

  
  label a  

recording dates

studio

label

cat no.

  

a3,a4,b3 - 26/03/62
a1,a2,b1,b2 - 28/03/62

Van Gelder Recording Studio

Verve

V6 8474

  

label b (both HMV issue)
PERSONNEL
organ
Jimmy Smith
  
     
arr/cond
   Oliver Nelson  
trumpet
Joe Newman
Doc Severinsen
Joe Wilder
Ernire Royal		  
     
trombone
  

Tommy Mitchell (Bass)
Jimmy Cleveland
Urbie Green
Britt Woodman

  
saxophone

Babe Clarke (Tenor)
Robert Ashton (Tenor)
Gerry Dodgion (Alto)
Phil Woods (Alto)
George Barrow (Baritone)

  
     
guitar
  

Barry Galbraith
Jimmy Warren*

  
     
drums
  

Ed Shaughnessy
Don Bailey*

  
     
bass
   George Duvivier  
  TECH  
producer
   Creed Taylor  
     
engineer
   Rudy Van Gelder  
REISSUES label   year   cat no.      
    HMV (UK)   1962   CLP 1596  

 

  
     
    Polygram   25/10/90   23308   extra tracks:
Bashin' (Single Version)
Ol' Man River (Single Version)		  
     
    DCC Compact Classics   21/11/94   1072      
     
    Polygram   28/10/97   539061   same extra tracks as 1990 issue  
     
    Polygram   06/01/98       same extra tracks as 1990 issue  
     
    Universal   08/11/04       Remastered  
REVIEW   It was something of a shock at the time, when Jimmy Smith not only left the label he has been so successful on but, worst of all, appeared to take a step backwards by working with a big band. The shock! Many critics were appalled and, to this day, much of his work from this album onwards is seen as inferior to his earlier Blue Note period. And that's just plain wrong. Jimmy was still Jimmy, doing his thing. But now, he had a greater power and energy behind him and damn if he didn't rise to the occasion. The public, ignoring the critics as is their wont, made a hit single of Walk On The Wild Side. Clearly they could see where the future lay. The album, however, wasn't quite as good, although better was yet to come. It's also worth noting that on the second side Jimmy used the trio format, a rare occurrence from here onwards.  
   

additional artwork

      
 
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