Released 1975 Gears
(1975) Forever Taurus
(1976) Release date 1975 Producer Mizell Brothers | Length 33:19 Artist Johnny "Hammond" Smith Label Milestone Records Genres Jazz, Funk | |
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Recorded July 1975 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California Similar Johnny "Hammond" Smith albums, Jazz albums | ||
Johnny hammond tell me what to do 1975
Gears is an album by jazz keyboardist Johnny Hammond. It was released in 1975 and produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell.
Contents
Johnny hammond smith shifting gears
Track listing
- Tell Me What to Do 5:16
- Los Conquistadores Chocolatés 5:56
- Lost on 23rd Street 6:36
- Fantasy 6:06
- Shifting Gears 5:19
- Can't We Smile 4:35
Personnel
Samples
Several tracks have either sampled or taken inspiration from tracks on the album, most notably "Los Conquistadores Chocolatés". A track titled "When You Gonna Learn" by UK group Jamiroquai, led by founding member Jay Kay, has chord progressions that bear a striking resemblance to the original chord progressions of a Smith's track "Los Conquistadores Chocolatés". However, this was not by accident, as the booklet of the Acid Jazz Records release of the single bears a "special thanks" note to Smith, who gave permission to Jay Kay to use the composition's structure.
Songs
1Tell Me What to Do5:19
2Los Conquistadores Chocolatés6:08
3Lost on 23rd Street5:55