Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Legends Of Acid Jazz: Soul Flowers

Styles: Hard Bop, soul Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:21
Size: 162,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:23) 1. Theme From N.Y.P.D.
(5:00) 2. Dirty Apple
(3:20) 3. Days Of Wine And Roses (Instrumental)
(3:16) 4. Ode To Billy Joe
(3:11) 5. You'll Never Walk Alone
(3:05) 6. Alfie
(2:56) 7. Tara's Theme (My Own True Love)
(3:25) 8. Here's That Rainy Day
(5:27) 9. I Got A Woman
(3:01) 10. Dirty Grape
(8:09) 11. Animal Farm
(3:07) 12. Black Strap Molasses
(3:29) 13. She's Gone Again
(5:43) 14. Hi Heel Sneakers
(3:30) 15. To Sir With Love
(3:42) 16. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing
(5:30) 17. Please Send Me Someone To Love

Prestige's second volume of Johnny "Hammond" Smith's recordings in their Legends of Acid Jazz series contains two full original albums: 1967's Soul Flowers and its 1968 follow-up, Dirty Grape. Both sessions were recorded within four months of each other with the same sextet, featuring guitarist Wally Richardson, tenor saxophonists Houston Person and Earl Edwards, bassist Jimmy Lewis, drummer John Harris, and Richard Landrum on conga. On both records, he basically tackles modern pop songs that were hits on the pop and R&B charts and songs from movies and TV. This could have been predictable, lightly swinging jazz-pop, like so many soul-jazz records of its ilk in the late '60s, but what makes both sessions so enjoyable is that the band is lively, gritty, and clearly having fun with this material. Of the two, Soul Flowers is a little more satisfying, but both are highly enjoyable and they make for a great two-fer one that's the equal of Smith's first edition of Legends of Acid Jazz.~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/legends-of-acid-jazz-vol-2-mw0000050217

Personnel: Organ – Johnny "Hammond" Smith; Congas – Richard Landrum; Drums – John Harris; Electric Bass [Fender] – Jimmy Lewis; Guitar – Wally Richardson; Tenor Saxophone – Earl Edwards, Houston Person

Legends Of Acid Jazz: Soul Flowers

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