Gettin' Up (album)

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Gettin' Up
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Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released1967
RecordedMarch 3, 1967
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length32:45
Label Prestige
PR 7494
Producer Cal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Love Potion #9
(1966)		Gettin' Up
(1967)		 Soul Flowers
(1967)

Gettin' Up (also released as Ebb Tide) is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1967. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is superior organ-soul-jazz with a feistier edge than much of the genre... there's a brash energy that makes it a cut or two above the norm". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

  1. "The Sin-In" - 4:20
  2. "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:40
  3. "Knock On Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) - 2:45
  4. "The Soulful Blues" - 7:25
  5. "Ebb Tide" (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 2:40
  6. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:30
  7. "Gettin' Up" - 6:10
  8. "The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page) - 3:15

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed April 29, 2013
  2. ↑ Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 29, 2013
  3. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed April 29, 2013.
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