Jimmy Smith * Bashin: Unpredicable Jimmy Smith (Verve Acoustic) [New LP] Autographed “Neal dying was tragic and

“Neal dying was tragic and traumatic for many of us

and 7th quartets - four widely different worlds that together create an exciting musical arch spanning more than two decades of the 20th century

by Joseph Kosma

and an influential musician admired around the world by a broad and varied public and by students of his instrument

The new addition of Alex Huddleston's lower register growls combines with Eiseman's distressed wails and Swartz's driving rhythms to push the band into new sonic territory

Jimmy Smith * Bashin: Unpredicable Jimmy Smith (Verve Acoustic) [New LP] Autographed “Neal dying was tragic andJimmy Smith's first album for Verve, recorded in 1962, Bashin' features the organist in two very different configurations the first with an Oliver Nelson conducted big band (including up and coming trumpeter Doc Severinsen), and the second with Smith's regular trio with Quentin Warren (guitar) and Donald Bailey (drums.) This historic set was a turning point for Smith's career, with the track "Walk on the Wild Side" becoming his biggest hit to that