Jimmy Smith  Bashin' The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith DCC GOLD CD NEU OVP Sealed GZS-1072

Produktinformation


Audio CD ( 14. 02. 1995)
Anzahl Disks/Tonträger: 1
Format: Gold CD
Label: Dcc 

       Tracks

1. Walk On The Wild Side (5:58)
2. Ol Man River (3:59)
3. In A Mellow Tone (4:26)
4. Step Right Up (4:15)
5. Beggar For The Blues (7:30)
6. Bashin (6:17)
7. I M An Old Cowhand (6:09)


Details
Contributing artists: Doc Severinsen, Ed Shaughnessy, George Duvivier, Jimmy Cleveland, Oliver Nelson, Phil Woods, Urbie Green
Producer: Creed Taylor
Distributor: Dunhill Compact Classics
Recording type: Studio
Recording mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a

 
Album notes
Personnel: Jimmy Smith (organ); Oliver Nelson (conductor); Babe Clark, Bob Ashton, Gerry Dodgion, Phil Woods, George Barrow (reeds); Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder, Ernie Royal (trumpet); Tommy Mitchell, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman (trombone); Quentin Warren, Barry Galbraith (guitar); George Duvier (bass); Donald Bailey, Ed Shaughnessy (drums).
Recorded in New York, New York on March 26 & 28, 1962. Originally released on Verve (V6-8474). Includes original release liner notes by Del Shields.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of the Verve Master Edition series.
Personnel: Jimmy Smith (organ); Babe Clark, Robert Ashton, Gerry Dodgion, Phil Woods, George Barrow (saxophone); Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder, Ernie Royal (trumpet); Tommy Mitchell, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman (trombone); Jimmy Warren, Barry Galbraith (guitar); George Duvivier (bass); Don Bailey, Ed Shaughnessy (drums).
Recorded in New York, New York on March 26 & 28, 1962. Originally released on Verve (V6-8474). Includes original release liner notes by Del Shields.
Smith's debut session for Verve kicks off with an explosive big band sound. The first four tracks of BASHIN' feature a sizeable backing orchestra (whose personnel list that may ring some unexpected bells, like future Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen) and dramatic arrangements by Oliver Nelson (who also assumes conducting duties). While fans of Smith's lower-key trio work for Blue Note may cringe at the blare of horns and the grandiose dynamic shifts, Smith is still in uber-cool form, and his Hammond plays the groovy foil to Nelson's occasionally square arrangements.
Die-hard enthusiasts of the trio won't be disappointed, however, since the last three tracks are strictly old school. Quentin Warren and Donald Bailey help mix it up in deep blues fashion on "Beggar For the Blues" and the title track, while Smith, even after the large-scale blasts of Bernstein's "Walk On The Wild Side" and Nelson's "Step Right Up," seems right at home. This disc, released in 1962, captures the artist at a transition period, and proves that no matter the band, year or label, Smith was a consistently compelling artist.
Smith's debut session for Verve kicks off with an explosive big band sound. The first four tracks of BASHIN' feature a sizeable backing orchestra (whose personnel list that may ring some unexpected bells, like future Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen) and dramatic arrangements by Oliver Nelson (who also assumes conducting duties). While fans of Smith's lower-key trio work for Blue Note may cringe at the blare of horns and the grandiose dynamic shifts, Smith is still in uber-cool form, and his Hammond plays the groovy foil to Nelson's occasionally square arrangements.
Die-hard enthusiasts of the trio won't be disappointed, however, since the last three tracks are strictly old school. Quentin Warren and Donald Bailey help mix it up in deep blues fashion on "Beggar For the Blues" and the title track, while Smith, even after the large-scale blasts of Bernstein's "Walk On The Wild Side" and Nelson's "Step Right Up," seems right at home. This disc, released in 1962, captures the artist at a transition period, and proves that no matter the band, year or label, Smith was a consistently compelling artist.
 


Review by Scott Yanow
Although still a regular Blue Note artist (he would make four more albums for the company within the next year), Bashin' was organist Jimmy Smith's debut for Verve, a label that he would record extensively for during 1963-1972. On the first half of the program (reissued in full on this CD), Smith was for the first time joined by a big band. Oliver Nelson provided the arrangements, trumpeter Joe Newman and altoist Phil Woods have a solo apiece, and "Walk on the Wild Side" became Smith's biggest hit up to that point. The final three numbers feature Smith's regular trio with guitarist Quentin Warren and drummer Donald Bailey swinging with soul as usual. The historical set (a bit of a turning point for Jimmy Smith's career) has its strong moments although it is not all that essential.