Released 1971 Artist Johnny "Hammond" Smith Producer Creed Taylor Genre Jazz | Length 34:25 Release date 1971 Label Kudu | |
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Recorded June 3 and 4, 1971
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Breakout
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Johnny hammond breakout 1971
Breakout is an album by jazz organist Johnny Hammond recorded for the Kudu label in 1971. The album was the first release on Creed Taylor's Kudu label, a subsidiary of CTI Records and is the first album that dropped Johnny "Hammond" Smith's surname.
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Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a blessed-out basket of blues and groove that covers some of the hot tunes of the day and some organ classics with enough soul power to melt the ice around the heart of even the staunchest jazz purist" and stating "This is a smoking album that runs the gamut of soul-jazz to hard funk and R&B seamlessly, but sweatily".
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated
- "It's Too Late" (Carole King, Toni Stern) - 10:50
- "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" (Roger Atkins, Neil Sedaka) - 6:35
- "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis) - 5:35
- "Blues Selah" (Leo Johnson) - 6:40
- "Breakout" - 4:45
Personnel
Production
Songs
1It's Too Late10:57
2Workin' on a Groovy Thing6:42
3Never Can Say Goodbye5:39