Blue Bash!
{{Infobox album
| name = Blue Bash!
| type = Studio
| artist = Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith
| cover = Blue Bash!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1963
| recorded = July 16, 25–26, 1963
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Verve
V-8553
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Kenny Burrell
| prev_title = Lotsa Bossa Nova
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Travelin' Light
| next_year = 1964
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Jimmy Smith
| type = album
| prev_title = Any Number Can Win
| prev_year = 1963
| title = Blue Bash!
| year = 1963
| next_title = The Cat
| next_year = 1964
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}Erlewine, M. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-bash%21-mw0000047287 AllMusic Review], accessed August 3, 2012
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=201}}
}}
Blue Bash! is an album by the guitarist Kenny Burrell and organist Jimmy Smith, recorded in 1963 and released on the Verve label.[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=5479#anchor121 All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography] accessed August 3, 2012
Track listing
- "Blue Bash" (Jimmy Smith) – 5:05
- "Travelin'" (Traditional) – 5:28
- "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) – 5:35
- "Blues For Del" (Kenny Burrell) – 6:15
- "Easy Living" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 2:52
- "Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman) – 5:44
- "Kenny's Sound" (Burrell)– 3:50
Personnel
Musicians
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Vince Gambella - guitar (tracks 1 & 7) [https://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8500-series/#v-v6-8553 jazzdisco.org] accessed February 7 2024
- Milt Hinton – bass (tracks 2-4 & 6)
- George Duvivier – double bass (track 5)
- Bill English – drums (track 5)
- Mel Lewis – drums, (tracks 2-4 & 6)
Technical
- Creed Taylor – producer
- Val Valentin – engineer
- Phil Macy, Phil Ramone, Rudy Van Gelder – assistant engineers
- Lee Friedlander – photography
- Del Shields - liner notes
References
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