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Dirty Grape

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Released
  
1968

Artist
  
Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Producer
  
Cal Lampley

Genre
  
Jazz

Dirty Grape (1968)
  
Nasty! (1968)

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Recorded
  
January 31, 1968 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Johnny "Hammond" Smith albums
  
Soul Flowers, Gettin' Up, The Stinger Meets the Golden T, The Stinger, Talk That Talk

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Dirty Grape is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1968.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars calling it a "pleasant but moderately by-numbers set of late 1960s soul-jazz".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (Robert Higginbotham) - 5:47
  2. "To Sir With Love" (Don Black, Mark London) - 3:34
  3. "Dirty Grape" (Wally Richardson) - 3:05
  4. "Animal Farm" - 8:13
  5. "Black Strap Molasses" (Richardson) - 3:11
  6. "She's Gone Again" - 3:32
  7. "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" (Dave Linden, Ben Raleigh) - 3:45
  8. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 5:30

Personnel

  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
  • Earl Edwards, Houston Person - tenor saxophone
  • Wally Richardson - guitar
  • Jimmy Lewis - electric bass
  • John Harris - drums
  • Richie "Pablo" Landrum - congas

    • Production

  • Cal Lampley - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

    • References

    Dirty Grape Wikipedia
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