Bashin' Storyville How About These

How About These

To really understand Gutta as an artist

Recorded live

but only in the early ’90s did Legacy (CD) and Mosaic (LP) reveal the full scope of seven and half hours of revelatory music—instantly hailed as one of the greatest live jazz recordings ever

Bashin' Storyville How About TheseAlthough he began as a pianist, the great Jimmy Smith (1925 2005) switched to organ after hearing Wild Bill Davis in 1953. Smiths unparalleled skills with the Hammond helped to popularize the electric organ as a jazz and blues instrument, and he recorded prolifically during his long career. Bashin The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve V6 8474), presented Smith for the first time in front of a big band, with arrangements by Oliver Nelson. The four big