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Open House!

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Released
  
1963

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Recorded
  
1963 New York City

Label
  
Riverside RLP 482

Open House! (1963)
  
A Little Taste (1963)

Open House! 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 "accessible, gritty, emotionally direct jazz that you didn't have to be an intellectual to comprehend".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "Open House" - 4:38
  2. "Cyra" - 5:27
  3. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 5:01
  4. "Theme from Cleopatra" (Alex North) - 2:36
  5. "Blues for De-De" - 7:00
  6. "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:41
  7. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 5:50

Personnel

  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
  • Thad Jones - cornet, trumpet
  • Seldon Powell — tenor saxophone, flute
  • Eddie McFadden - guitar
  • Leo Stevens (tracks 1-4, 6 & 7), Art Taylor (track 5) - drums
  • Ray Barretto - congas (tracks 1-4, 6 & 7)

    • References

    Open House! Wikipedia
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