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Mr. Wonderful (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

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Released
  
1963

Mr. Wonderful (1963)
  
Open House! (1963)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Compulsion

Recorded
  
1963 New York City

Artist
  
Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Mr. Wonderful (Johnny

Johnny "Hammond" Smith albums
  
Black Coffee, A Little Taste, Higher Ground, Soul Talk, Gears

Mr. Wonderful is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars calling it "A fine set that holds some appeal for the straight jazz crowd as well as the organ soul-jazz clique".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "Blues for DeDe" - 4:59
  2. "Mr. Wonderful" (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss) - 5:19
  3. "Cyra" - 4:20
  4. "Lambert's Lodge" - 3:40
  5. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 5:40
  6. "Blues on Sunday" - 4:46
  7. "Departure" - 5:52
  8. "Opus 2" - 4:28

Personnel

  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
  • Sonny Williams - trumpet
  • Houston Person — tenor saxophone
  • Eddie McFadden - guitar (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 8)
  • Leo Stevens - drums

    • Songs

    1Blues for De-De5:03
    2Mr Wonderful5:24
    3Cyra4:24

    References

    Mr. Wonderful (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album) Wikipedia
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