Bash! (Dave Bailey album)

Bash! (also released as Modern Mainstream) is an album by jazz drummer Dave Bailey which was originally released on the Jazzline label in 1961.[1] Different releases of the same material have appeared under the names of sidemen on the date. The album features pianist Tommy Flanagan and was re-released as Tommy Flanagan Trio And Sextet on the Onyx label and on the Xanadu label in 1973.[2] It was also re-released under trumpeter Kenny Dorham's name as Osmosis on CD in 1990 on the Black Lion label with 4 alternate takes.[2][3]

Bash!
Studio album by
The Dave Bailey Sextet
Released1961
RecordedOctober 4, 1961
StudioPeter Ind Studio, NYC
GenreJazz
Length36:01
LabelJazzline JAZ 33-01
Xanadu 5011
Black Lion BLCD 760146
ProducerFred Norsworthy
Dave Bailey chronology
Reaching Out
(1961)
Bash!
(1961)
2 Feet in the Gutter
(1962)
Osmosis Cover

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DownBeat     [4]
(Original Lp release)
Allmusic     [5]

DownBeat magazine's March 1, 1962 review stated: "Bash! presents a relaxed and enjoyable blowing session..." Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[5]

Track listing edit

  1. "Osmosis" (Osie Johnson) - 10:28
  2. "Soul Support" (Norris Turney) - 5:10
  3. "Grand Street" (Sonny Rollins) - 6:00
  4. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen) - 3:59
  5. "Oscar for Oscar" (Kenny Dorham) - 6:18
  6. "B.M.T. Express" (Rudy Stevenson) - 7:33
  7. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:39
  8. "Soul Support" [take 2] (Turney) - 5:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Grand Street" [take 1] (Rollins) - 5:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Like Someone in Love" [take 2] (Burke, van Heusen) - 3:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Osmosis" [take 1] (Johnson) - 11:46 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dave Bailey discography, accessed November 3, 2014
  2. ^ a b Dryden, K., Tommy Flanagan Trio and Sextet: Allmusic Review accessed November 4, 2014
  3. ^ Kenny Dorham discography, accessed November 4, 2014
  4. ^ DownBeat: March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5
  5. ^ a b Allmusic Review, accessed November 4, 2014