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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 Jimmy Smith
Released	May 1962
Recorded	March 26 & 28, 1962
Studio	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)
Singles from Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
"Walk on the Wild Side" Released: April 1962

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

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

Musicians

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
• Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman – trombone
• Tom Mitchell – bass trombone
• Barry Galbraith – guitar
• George Duvivier – bass
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums

Tracks 5-7

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

Technical

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

Chart performance

Single

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

References

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