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Talk That Talk (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

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Released
  
1960

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
Fantasy Records

Artist
  
Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

Talk That Talk (Johnny

Recorded
  
April 22, 1960Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Talk That Talk(1960)
  
Gettin' the Message(1960)

Similar
  
Johnny "Hammond" Smith albums, Jazz albums

Talk That Talk is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the New Jazz label in 1960.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Smith's playing on this album is low-key almost to the point of being conservative, deeply soulful without resorting to what would soon become tired funk clichés".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "Talk That Talk" - 5:12
  2. "An Affair to Remember" - 2:35
  3. "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) - 5:22
  4. "Minors Allowed" - 5:47
  5. "Rip Tide" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 4:48
  6. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 4:01
  7. "Bennie's Diggin'" - 4:59
  8. "A Portrait of Jennie" (Russell Robinson, Gordon Burdge) - 2:23
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 22, 1960

    • Personnel

  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
  • Oliver Nelson - tenor saxophone (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
  • George Tucker - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Ray Barretto - congas

    • Production

  • Esmond Edwards - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

    • Songs

    1Talk That Talk5:13
    2An Affair to Remember2:35
    3The End of a Love Affair5:23

    References

    Talk That Talk (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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