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California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium

Read "California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

CTI All StarsCalifornia Concert: The Hollywood PalladiumCTI Masterworks1971 (Reissued 2010) With the emergence of CTI Masterworks and the firing salvo of its comprehensive, four-CD box set, CTI Records--The Cool Revolution (2010), CTI Records is back and better than ever. With upgraded sound and packaging that lovingly recreates, albeit ...

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Various Artists: CTI Records - The Cool Revolution

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by John Kelman

Various ArtistsCTI Records--The Cool RevolutionCTI Masterworks2010 The late 1960s was, in many ways, a time of reckoning for jazz. While the music had continued to evolve over the previous half century, it was coincident with the emergence of rock music as a serious force that jazz began to ...

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Los Conquistadores Chocolates

By Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Label: Scandia
Released: 2008

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Breakout

By Johnny "Hammond" Smith

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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Johnny Hammond: Breakout

Read "Breakout" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella

The CTI jazz catalog holds many surprises. This one features a strong 8-piece band led by organist Johnny Hammond (1933-1997), who was known earlier as Johnny “Hammond" Smith. Recorded in 1971, the album emphasized swinging mood music with a flair for popular sounds. It marked a turning point in the career of Grover Washington, Jr. He, ...

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Johnny Hammond: Breakout

Read "Breakout" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert

A prime example of the CTI label’s indulgence in the commercial possibilities of jazz, Breakout gave Johnny Hammond the opportunity to escape from the long shadow cast by Jimmy Smith. Sticking with the Hammond B-3, by this time a bit old-fashioned as many had become enchanted with the Fender Rhodes, Hammond and his band contribute an ...

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Gambler's Life

By Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Label: Salvation (4)
Released: 2001
Track listing: Gambler's Life; Rhodesian Thoroughfare; This Year's Dream; Star Borne; Back To The Projects; Yesterday Was Cool; Virgo Lady; Call On Me;

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Johnny "Hammond" Smith

By Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Label: Scandia
Released: 1996


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