Jimmy Smith
Bashin` + the Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (EJC 55607)
Bashin` + the Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
Essential Jazz Classics
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EJC 138632
EJC 55607
JAZZ
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Bashin` + the Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
2 LPs ON 1 CD + 2 BONUS TRACKS
4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE ( Bashin')
4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE (Plays Fat Waller)
This release contains Jimmy Smith’s complete classic 1962 LP Bashin’ - The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve V6-8474), featuring the leader backed by a big band, and showcased in a trio set. The material consists of a combination between old standards and originals arranged by Oliver Nelson. As a bonus, two 45 RPM versions of tunes from the LP, as well as the trio album Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller (Blue Note BST-84100), recorded during the same year, and featuring the exact same formation as the trio tracks from Bashin’ with his regular guitarist and drummer, Quentin Warren and Donald Bailey, respectively. As its title clearly indicates, it presents a selection of tunes composed or regularly performed by the great Fats Waller, who was one of the first jazzmen to devote extensive recordings to the organ.
PERSONNEL:
JIMMY SMITH, organ on all tracks, plus:
[1-9]: Bashin’ –The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE ( Bashin')
4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE (Plays Fat Waller)
This release contains Jimmy Smith’s complete classic 1962 LP Bashin’ - The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve V6-8474), featuring the leader backed by a big band, and showcased in a trio set. The material consists of a combination between old standards and originals arranged by Oliver Nelson. As a bonus, two 45 RPM versions of tunes from the LP, as well as the trio album Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller (Blue Note BST-84100), recorded during the same year, and featuring the exact same formation as the trio tracks from Bashin’ with his regular guitarist and drummer, Quentin Warren and Donald Bailey, respectively. As its title clearly indicates, it presents a selection of tunes composed or regularly performed by the great Fats Waller, who was one of the first jazzmen to devote extensive recordings to the organ.
PERSONNEL:
JIMMY SMITH, organ on all tracks, plus:
[1-9]: Bashin’ –The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
(1-4) & (9) With the Big Band!
Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder (tp),
Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman (tb), Tom Mitchell (b-tb),
Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman (tb), Tom Mitchell (b-tb),
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods (as), Bob Ashton, Arthur “Babe” Clarke (ts),
George Barrow (bar), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier (b),
Ed Shaughnessy (d), Oliver Nelson (arr, cond)
(5-8) With the Trio!:
Ed Shaughnessy (d), Oliver Nelson (arr, cond)
(5-8) With the Trio!:
Quentin Warren (g), Donald Bailey (d).
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, March 26 & 28, 1962.
Original sessions produced by Creed Taylor.
[10-16]: Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller
Quentin Warren (g), Donald Bailey (d).
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, January 23, 1962.
Original sessions produced by Alfred Lion.
INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET
TRACKS:
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, March 26 & 28, 1962.
Original sessions produced by Creed Taylor.
[10-16]: Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller
Quentin Warren (g), Donald Bailey (d).
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, January 23, 1962.
Original sessions produced by Alfred Lion.
INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET
TRACKS:
01 Walk On The Wild Side
02 Ol’ Man River
03 In A Mellow Tone
04 Step Right Up
05 Beggar For The Blues
06 Bashin’
07 I’m An Old Cow Hand (From The Rio Grande)
08 Bashin’ [45 Rpm Issue]*
09 Ol’ Man River [45 Rpm Issue] *
10 Everybody Loves My Baby
11 Squeeze Me
12 Ain’t She Sweet
13 Ain’t Misbehavin’
14 Lulu’s Back In Town
15 Honeysuckle Rose
16 I’ve Found A New Baby
* Bonus tracks: Edited versions of songs from the LP released as singles.
TOTAL TIME: 79:17 min.
