All Soul (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

This article is about the album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith. For the album by Houston Person, see All Soul (Houston Person album).

All Soul
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released	1959
Recorded	September 11, 1959
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:56
Label	New Jazz NJ 8221
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Imagination (1959) All Soul (1959) That Good Feelin' (1959)

All Soul is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the New Jazz label in 1959. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
DownBeat	[4]

Stewart Mason in his review for Allmusic stated, "Smith would go on to make better albums, but All Soul is a promising debut". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted.

1. " Goin' Places" – 6:49
2. "Sweet Cookies" – 6:34
3. "The Masquerade is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:42
4. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) – 4:35
5. "Easy Like" – 7:30
6. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:30
7. "All Soul" (Curtis Lewis) – 4:16

Personnel

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith – organ
• Thornel Schwartz – guitar
• George Tucker – bass
• Leo Stevens – drums

Production

• Esmond Edwards – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed April 23, 2013
2. Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 23, 2013
3. Mason, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 23, 2013.
4. Gleason, Ralph J. (March 3, 1960). "Johnny (Hammond) Smith: All Soul". DownBeat . Vol. 27, no. 5. p. 39.