Bucket!

1966 studio album by Jimmy Smith

Bucket!

Studio album by

Jimmy Smith

Released| 1966
Recorded| February 1, 1963
Studio| Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre| Jazz
Length| 45:08
Label| Blue Note
Producer| Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
| I'm Movin' On
(1963)  | Bucket!
(1966)  | Rockin' the Boat
(1963)

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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

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

> "a pretty good record, one that hardcore fans will find satisfying after they've exhausted the greater Smith sessions, but not one that will captivate the attentions of anyone who isn't a dyed-in-the-wool Jimmy Smith aficionado".[2]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

## Track listing

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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

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

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

## Personnel

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### Musicians

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

### Technical

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

## References

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1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
2. ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed November 29, 2010

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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

Blue Note
albums|

* A New Sound... A New Star... Volume 1 (1956)
* A New Sound A New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ Volume 2 (1956)
* The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956)
* At Club Baby Grand (1956)
* A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
* A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
* The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (1957)
* Plays Pretty Just for You (1957)
* Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
* Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise (1957)
* House Party (1958)
* The Sermon (1958)
* Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958)
* Cool Blues (1958)
* Six Views of the Blues (1958)
* Home Cookin' (1958–59)
* Crazy! Baby (1960)
* Open House (1960)
* Plain Talk (1960)
* Midnight Special (1960)
* Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
* Straight Life (1961)
* Plays Fats Waller (1962)
* I'm Movin' On (1963)
* Bucket! (1963)
* Rockin' the Boat (1963)
* Prayer Meetin' (with Stanley Turrentine, 1963)
* One Night with Blue Note (1985)

Verve
albums|

* Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (1962)
* Hobo Flats (1963)
* Any Number Can Win (1963)
* Blue Bash! (with Kenny Burrell, 1963)
* The Cat (1964)
* Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
* Christmas '64 (1964)
* Monster (1965)
* Organ Grinder Swing (1965)
* Got My Mojo Workin' (1966)
* Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
* Peter & the Wolf (1966)
* Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (with Wes Montgomery, 1966)
* Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966)
* Respect (1967)
* The Boss (1968)
* Groove Drops (1970)
* The Other Side of Jimmy Smith (1970)
* Root Down (1972)
* Bluesmith (1972)
* Damn! (1995)
* Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams (1995)
* Dot Com Blues (2000)

Albums for
other labels|

* Black Smith (1974)

With others|

* The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby, 1969)
* Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
* Ellington Is Forever (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
* Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Kenny Burrell, 1975)
* Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984)
* L.A. Is My Lady (Frank Sinatra, 1984)
* Bad (Michael Jackson, 1987)
* Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)

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