Messy Bessie

Jimmy Smith · 1960 · Blues de Jimmy Smith, long format

Context

Blues by Jimmy Smith, the longest piece on the album (over twelve minutes). Recorded on April 25, 1960 with Kenny Burrell on guitar.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.

By the same artist

• Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
• When I Grow Too Old to Dream (1960)
• Minor Chant (1960)
• The Sermon (1958)

Sources

• EN: Back at the Chicken Shack

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