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Released
  
1963

Artist
  
Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
1963 New York City

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Compulsion

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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.

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Reception

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".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 5:28
  2. "Cleopatra and the African Knight" - 6:23
  3. "Bennie's Diggin'" - 4:24
  4. "Brake Through" - 4:35
  5. "Eloise" - 3:54
  6. "A Little Taste" (Cannonball Adderley) - 4:33
  7. "Twixt the Sheets" - 4:12

Personnel

  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
  • Virgil Jones - trumpet
  • Houston Person — tenor saxophone
  • Luis Taylor - drums

    • Songs

    1Nica's Dream5:30
    2Cleopatra and the African Knight6:23
    3Benny's Diggin'5:48

    References

    A Little Taste Wikipedia
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