Bluesmith

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

Bluesmith
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1972
Recorded	September 11, 1972
Genre	Jazz-funk, jazz fusion
Length	42:33
Label	Verve V6-8809
Producer	Eric Miller
Jimmy Smith chronology
Root Down (1972) Bluesmith (1972) Portuguese Soul (1973)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Jimmy Smith - Electric organ
• Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone
• Ray Crawford - guitar
• Leroy Vinnegar - double bass
• Victor Pantoja - Congas
• Donald Dean - drums

Production

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