Bucket! Explained

Bucket!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jimmy Smith
Cover:	Bucket!.jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	February 1, 1963
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:08
Label:	Blue Note
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Chronology:	Jimmy Smith
Prev Title:	I'm Movin' On
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Rockin' the Boat
Next Year:	1963

Bucket! is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1963 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1966.^[1] The CD reissue added two tracks recorded at the same session as bonus tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 calling it:

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Smith except as indicated

1. "Bucket" – 4:43
2. "Careless Love" (W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams) – 3:53
3. "3 for 4" – 4:49
4. "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) – 5:44
5. "Sassy Mae" – 4:20
6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:47
7. "John Brown's Body" (Traditional) – 6:21

Bonus tracks on 2000 CD reissue

8. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 5:39
9. "Sassy Mae" [alternate take] – 3:52

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 1, 1963

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Quentin Warren – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Technical

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
• Reid Miles – cover design
• Jean-Pierre Leloir – photography
• Leonard Feather – liner notes

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4200-series/#blp-4235 Blue Note discography