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| 1. | Theme From N.Y.P.D.
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| 2. | Dirty Apple
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| 3. | The Days Of Wine And Roses
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| 4. | Ode To Billie Joe
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| 5. | You'll Never Walk Alone
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| 6. | Alfie
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| 7. | Tara's Theme (My Own True Love)
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| 8. | Here's That Rainy Day
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| 9. | I Got A Woman
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| 10. | Dirty Grape
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| 11. | Animal Farm
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| 12. | Black Strap Molasses
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| 13. | She's Gone Again
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| 14. | Hi Heel Sneakers
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| 15. | To Sir With Love
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| 16. | Love Is A Hurtin' Thing
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| 17. | Please Send Me Someone To Love
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Jazz
Soul-Jazz
Hard Bop
Recorded: Rudy Van Gelder at Englewood Cliffs, NJ
* Tracks 1-9: September 27, 1967
* Tracks 10-17: January 31, 1968
Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
Houston Person & Earl Edwards - tenor saxophone
Wally Richardson - guitar
Jimmy Lewis - drums
John Harris - drums
Richard Landrum - conga
Prestige's second volume of Johnny "Hammond" Smith's recordings in their Legends of Acid Jazz series contains two full original albums: 1967's Soul Flowers and its 1968 follow-up, Dirty Grape. Both sessions were recorded within four months of each other with the same sextet, featuring guitarist Wally Richardson, tenor saxophonists Houston Person and Earl Edwards, bassist Jimmy Lewis, drummer John Harris, and Richard Landrum on conga. On both records, he basically tackles modern pop -- songs that were hits on the pop and R&B charts and songs from movies and TV. This could have been predictable, lightly swinging jazz-pop, like so many soul-jazz records of its ilk in the late '60s, but what makes both sessions so enjoyable is that the band is lively, gritty, and clearly having fun with this material. Of the two, Soul Flowers is a little more satisfying, but both are highly enjoyable and they make for a great two-fer -- one that's the equal of Smith's first edition of Legends of Acid Jazz.
---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Active Decades: '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Dec 16, 1933 in Louisville, KY
Died: Jun 04, 1997 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz
Actually nicknamed after his instrument, Johnny "Hammond" Smith was perhaps one of the more underrated soul-jazz organists of the style's heyday. Born John Robert Smith in Louisville, KY, on December 16, 1933, Smith began learning piano as a child, idolizing Bud Powell and Art Tatum early on. After moving to Cleveland, Smith heard jazz organ pioneer Wild Bill Davis and decided to switch instruments; he made his professional debut on the organ in 1958, around the same time he was working as an accompanist for vocalist Nancy Wilson. In 1959, he began recording as a leader for Prestige, an association that would last through 1970 and produce highlights like That Good Feelin', Talk That Talk, Black Coffee, Open House, Ebb Tide, and Soul Talk, among others. As time passed, Smith's style got progressively funkier, and in 1971, he shortened his name to Johnny Hammond and moved to producer Creed Taylor's CTI label family. Hammond recorded five jazz-funk albums over the next three years, including Breakout, Wild Horses/Rock Steady, and the Mizell Brothers-helmed Gambler's Life. In 1975, Hammond moved to Milestone and recorded the culmination of his move into jazz-funk, Gears, another collaboration with the Mizell Brothers that was reviled by purists and canonized by acid jazz fans. After a few more sessions for Milestone, Smith largely retired from jazz, settling in Southern California and investing in real estate. He began recording sporadically again in the '90s, but was stricken with cancer and died on June 4, 1997.
---Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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