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Bashin' - The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith: Vinyl LP BF30 2 Things Ain't What TheyJimmy Smiths first album for Verve, recorded in 1962, Bashin features the organist in two very different configurations the first with an Oliver Nelson conducted big band (including up and coming trumpeter Doc Severinsen), and the second with Smiths regular trio with Quentin Warren (guitar) and Donald Bailey (drums) This historic set was a turning point for Smiths career, with the track Walk on the Wild Side becoming his biggest hit to that point,