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Released
  
1971

Artist
  
Leon Spencer

Producer
  
Bob Porter

Length
  
38:21

Release date
  
1971

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 7, 1971 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Louisiana Slim (1971)
  
Bad Walking Woman (1972)

Label
  
Universal Classics and Jazz

Jazz albums
  
Akilah!, Soul Liberation, Fire Eater, Black Talk!, You Talk That Talk!

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Louisiana Slim is the second album by jazz organist Leon Spencer recorded for the Prestige label in 1971.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "It is a pity that Spencer's career ultimately went nowhere, for he holds his own with his contemporaries throughout this recommended soul-jazz release".

Track listing

All compositions by Leon Spencer except as indicated

  1. "Louisiana Slim" - 10:08
  2. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (Marvin Gaye) - 4:06
  3. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 5:24
  4. "Our Love Will Never Die" - 10:17
  5. "The Trouble With Love" - 8:26

Personnel

  • Leon Spencer - organ
  • Virgil Jones - trumpet
  • Grover Washington, Jr. - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Melvin Sparks - guitar
  • Idris Muhammad - drums
  • Buddy Caldwell - congas

    • Production

  • Bob Porter - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

    • Songs

    1Louisiana Slim10:14
    2Mercy Mercy Me4:09
    3(They Long to Be) Close to You5:31

    References

    Louisiana Slim Wikipedia
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