A Little Taste

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A Little Taste
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Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released1963
Recorded1963
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Riverside
RLP 496
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Open House!
(1963)		A Little Taste
(1963)		 The Stinger
(1964)

A Little Taste is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Richie Unterberger calls it "a sturdy quartet date... There's more of a straight jazz (as opposed to soul-jazz) influence on this than on some other Smith sessions of the time". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 5:28
  2. "Cleopatra and the African Knight" - 6:23
  3. "Bennie's Diggin'" - 4:24
  4. "Brake Through" - 4:35
  5. "Eloise" - 3:54
  6. "A Little Taste" (Cannonball Adderley) - 4:33
  7. "Twixt the Sheets" - 4:12

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed November 6, 2012
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 6, 2012
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