Open House!
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Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | 1963 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Riverside RLP 482 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology | ||||
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Open House! is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.[1]
Reception
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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".[2]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated
- "Open House" - 4:38
- "Cyra" - 5:27
- "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 5:01
- "Theme from Cleopatra" (Alex North) - 2:36
- "Blues for De-De" - 7:00
- "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:41
- "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 5:50
Personnel
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Riverside Records discography Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 5, 2012
- ^ a b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review Archived 2013-02-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 5, 2012