Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

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
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

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. 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.