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The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush

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Released
  
1966

Artist
  
Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Producer
  
Cal Lampley

Genre
  
Jazz

The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush (1966)
  
Love Potion #9 (1966)

Release date
  
1966

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Recorded
  
January 4, 1966 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Johnny "Hammond" Smith albums
  
The Stinger, Soul Flowers, Johnny "Hammond" Cooks wit, Talk That Talk, Gettin' Up

The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith with vocalist Byrdie Green recorded for the Prestige label in 1966.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "The Golden Thrush" - 3:20
  2. "They Call It Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker) - 4:37
  3. "Broadway" (Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 5:24
  4. "On a Clear Day" (Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane) - 4:23
  5. "Oriole" - 3:55
  6. "If I Ruled the World" (Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel) - 3:22
  7. "Blue Jay" - 5:20
  8. "How I Lost My Love" (Hank Snow) - 5:35

Personnel

  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
  • Byrdie Green - vocals (tracks 2 & 6)
  • Otis Sutton - alto saxophone
  • Houston Person - tenor saxophone
  • Eddie McFadden - guitar
  • Leo Stevens - drums

    • Production

  • Cal Lampley - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

    • Songs

    1The Golden Thrush3:20
    2Stormy Monday Blues4:37
    3Broadway5:24

    References

    The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush Wikipedia
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