Bluesmith
Bluesmith is a 1972 jazz album by Jimmy Smith, released on the Verve label.
Reception
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."Track listing
- "Straight Ahead" - 5:25
- "Absolutely Funky" - 9:12
- "Lolita" - 6:23
- "Mournin' Wes" - 10:00
- "Blues for 3+1" - 4:52
- "Bluesmith" - 6:41
Personnel
- Jimmy Smith - Electric organ
- Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone
- Ray Crawford - guitar
- Leroy Vinnegar - double bass
- Victor Pantoja - Congas
- Donald Dean - drums
- Harvey Siders - liner notes
- Ken Veeder - photography
- Ed Greene, Louis Peters - engineer
- Eric Miller - producer
- Eddie Ray - executive producer