A Little Taste
1963 studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
| A Little Taste | ||||
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| Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 496 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology | ||||
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A Little Taste is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Richie Unterberger calls it "a sturdy quartet date... There's more of a straight jazz (as opposed to soul-jazz) influence on this than on some other Smith sessions of the time".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated
- "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 5:28
- "Cleopatra and the African Knight" - 6:23
- "Bennie's Diggin'" - 4:24
- "Brake Through" - 4:35
- "Eloise" - 3:54
- "A Little Taste" (Cannonball Adderley) - 4:33
- "Twixt the Sheets" - 4:12
Personnel
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
- Virgil Jones - trumpet
- Houston Person — tenor saxophone
- Luis Taylor - drums
References
- ^ Riverside Records discography accessed November 6, 2012
- ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 6, 2012
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- All Soul (1959)
- That Good Feelin' (1959)
- Talk That Talk (1960)
- Opus De Funk (1961)
- Stimulation (1961)
- Gettin' the Message (with Lem Winchester, 1961)
- Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail (with Willis Jackson, 1960)
- Black Coffee (with Seldon Powell, 1962)
- Look Out! (with Seldon Powell, 1962)
- A Little Taste (1963)
- Mr. Wonderful (1963)
- The Stinger (1965)
- Love Potion #9 (1966)
- The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush (with Byrdie Green, 1966)
- Gettin' Up (1967)
- Soul Flowers (1967)
- Dirty Grape (1968)
- Nasty! (1968)
- Black Feeling! (1969)
- Soul Talk (1969)
- Here It 'Tis (1970)
- Breakout (1971)
- What's Going On (1971)
- Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)
- The Prophet (1972)
- Higher Ground (1973)
- Gambler's Life (1974)
- Gears (1975)
others
- Angel Eyes (Gene Ammons, 1960–62)
- Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1960–62)
- Night Life (Billy Butler, 1970)
- Taking Care of Business (Oliver Nelson, 1960)
- For Once in My Life (Sylvia Syms, 1967)
