Talk That Talk (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

Talk That Talk
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released 1960
Recorded April 22, 1960
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Label New Jazz
NJ 8243
Producer Esmond Edwards
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
That Good Feelin'
(1959)
Talk That Talk
(1960)
Gettin' the Message
(1960)

Talk That Talk is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the New Jazz label in 1960.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

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".[3]

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" (Edward Redding) - 2:23

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed April 23, 2013
  2. Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 23, 2013
  3. 1 2 Mason, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 23, 2013.
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