Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith “Blue Bash!”

Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith

“Blue Bash!”
( LP Verve Records, 1963 )
Catalog # V-8553

Tracklisting:
A1 – Blue Bash
A2 – Travelin’
A3 – Fever
B1 – Blues For Del
B2 – Easy Living
B3 – Soft Winds
B4 – Kenny’s Sound

Personnel & Credits:
Vincent Bell – Guitar
Kenny Burrell – Guitar
George Duvivier – Bass
Billy Gene English – Drums
Milt Hinton – Bass
Mel Lewis – Drums
Jimmy Smith – Organ (Hammond)

Celo’s note:
Original vinyl rip

Review:
Kenny Burrell’s smooth, tasteful guitar work and Jimmy Smith’s intense, fire-breathing approach to the Hammond organ have been complementing each other, and delighting audiences, since the two first recorded together in 1957. Put together over three days in three different studios with various rhythm sections during Smith’s spare time while he was working on a big-band album in the summer of 1963. Blue Bash! captures the Burrell-Smith chemistry at its best. The alternative and breakdown takes included here offer further insight into this long-running and productive musical partership.

By Celo