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Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Sticks and Stones/ Because You Left Me/ Ribs an

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Opus de Funk

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Sticks and Stones 2. Because You Left Me 3. Ribs an' Chips 4. Cry Me A River 5. Que Pasa? 6. Invitation 7. Spring Is Here 8. Stimulation 9. Opus de Funk 10. ALmost Like Being In Love 11. Autumn Leaves 12. Sad Eyes 13. Gone With the Wind 14. If Someone Had Told Me 15. Shirley's Theme.

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Johnny "Hammond" Smith: Opus de Funk

Read "Opus de Funk" reviewed by David Rickert


Johnny “Hammond" Smith will always be tagged as the other Smith on the B-3, grouped together with a host of other organists who never managed to break free from the club circuit into the realm of true infamy. However, Smith's recordings are slowly making their way back into print via generous two-fer CDs from Prestige, giving ...

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Opus de Funk: Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Read "Johnny "Hammond" Smith" reviewed by Derek Taylor


Individuality was a prized commodity during the soul jazz organ boom that bridged the Fifties and Sixties. With so many ensembles exploding like popcorn kernels in the cultural kettles of numerous North American cities, the critical slight of “a dime a dozen” carried more clout than most of the artists wanted to admit. ...

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Good 'Nuff

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Good 'Nuff 2. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen 3. Sonja's Dreamland 4. Besame Mucho 5. Neckbones 6. Delicious 7. Y'All 8. The Stinger 9. There Is No Greate Love 10. Brother John 11. Cleopatra and The African Knight 12. You Don't Know What Love Is 13. Benny's Diggin.

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Johnny "Hammond" Smith: Good 'Nuff

Read "Good 'Nuff" reviewed by David Rickert


Good Nuff is a perfect title for a Johnny Smith record, given that it aptly describes most of his records. Johnny “Hammond” Smith never earned the acclaim of the other organist who bears his last name, and for good reason; he simply isn’t as talented or inventive as the one who carved out several dynamic sessions ...

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Breakout

Label: CTI Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: It's Too Late, Workin' On A Groovy Thing, Never Can Say Goodbye, Blues Selah, Breakout, It's Too Late (live).

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Open House

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Open House, Cyra, I Remember You, Theme From Cleopatra, Blues For De-De, Why Was I Born?, I Love You, Nica's Dream, Cleopatra and The African Knight, Bennie's Dream, Brake Through, Eloise, A Little Taste, Twixt The Sheets.

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Johnny "Hammond" Smith: Open House

Read "Open House" reviewed by David Rickert


The best organ jazz records fuse elements of gospel, blues, and soul together with the atmosphere of a jam session, as if a bunch of friends got together one night to toss a few back and play some tunes. Johnny “Hammond" Smith certainly has the right idea on the first of the sessions on this two-fer ...

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The Soulful Blues

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: The Sin-In/ Stand By Me/ Knock On Wood/ The Soulful Blues/ Ebb Tide/ Summertime/ Getting


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