Bluesmith is a 1972 jazz album by Jimmy Smith, released on the Verve label.[1][2]

Bluesmith
Studio album by
Released1972
RecordedSeptember 11, 1972
GenreJazz-funk, jazz fusion
Length42:33
LabelVerve V6-8809
ProducerEric Miller
Jimmy Smith chronology
Root Down
(1972)
Bluesmith
(1972)
Portuguese Soul
(1973)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]

Allmusic awarded the album four and a half stars, with reviewer Scott Yanow writing that it was "...ironic that one of Jimmy Smith's best Verve releases would be his next-to-last for the label." Yanow also commented that it was a "surprisingly freewheeling but relaxed jam session" and "Fine straight-ahead music."[1]

Track listing

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All compositions by Jimmy Smith unless otherwise noted
  1. "Straight Ahead" (Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Smith) - 5:25
  2. "Absolutely Funky" - 9:12
  3. "Lolita" - 6:23
  4. "Mournin' Wes" (Harvey Siders) - 10:00
  5. "Blues for 3+1" - 4:52
  6. "Bluesmith" - 6:41

Personnel

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Production
  • Harvey Siders - liner notes
  • Ken Veeder - photography
  • Ed Greene, Louis Peters - engineer
  • Eric Miller - producer
  • Eddie Ray - executive producer

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bluesmith". Allmusic. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  2. ^ Discogs accessed March 30, 2015
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