Jimmy Smith – Bashin' - The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (E/E) – LP, DE

Bashin' - The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith is an LP by Jimmy Smith released on the Verve Records label.

About this album

Bashin' is a strong showcase for Jimmy Smith's hard-driving organ style, balancing hard bop bite with big-band swagger. Released in 1962, the album finds Smith working through a compact programme that turns standards and blues material into tightly focused, groove-led performances. Its best-known centrepiece, a tough reading of Walk On The Wild Side, helped underline Smith's gift for making the Hammond organ sound both muscular and elegant. With arrangements that give the music extra lift without dulling its attack, Bashin' stands as a fine example of the jazz organ album at its most assured and accessible.

Genre: Jazz