Released 1970 Length 35:46 Release date 1970 Label Blue Note Records | Recorded January 2, 1970 Artist Lonnie Smith Producer Francis Wolff Genre Jazz | |
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Drives
(1970) Live at Club Mozambique
(1970) Similar Lonnie Smith albums, Jazz albums | ||
Drives is an album by American organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Lonnie Smith had the raw skills, imagination, and versatility to play burning originals, bluesy covers of R&B and pop, or skillful adaptations of conventional jazz pieces and show tunes. Why he never established himself as a consistent performer remains a mystery, but this 1970 reissue shows why he excited so many people during his rise".
Track listing
All compositions by Lonnie Smith except as indicated- "Twenty-Five Miles" - 5:36
- "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 7:30
- "Seven Steps to Heaven" (Miles Davis, Victor Feldman) - 5:43
- "Psychedelic Pi" - 6:30
- "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Don Kirkpatrick, Keith Knox) - 10:46
Personnel
Uses in other media
Alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest sampled the drum break to Smith's cover of "Spinning Wheel" in their 1990 song "Can I Kick It?", off their album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm.
Songs
125 Miles5:41
2Spinning Wheel7:37
3Seven Steps to Heaven5:48