Keep on Lovin'

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Keep on Lovin'
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Studio album by Lonnie Smith
Released 1976
Recorded August 1976
Studio Media Sound, New York City, NY
Genre Jazz
Length49:12
Label Groove Merchant
GM 3312
Producer Sonny Lester
Lonnie Smith chronology
Afro–desia
(1975)		Keep on Lovin'
(1976)		 Funk Reaction
(1977)

Keep on Lovin' is an album by American jazz organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1976 and released on the Groove Merchant label. [1] [2] [3]

Lonnie Smith (jazz musician) Jazz organist and pianist

Lonnie Smith, styled Dr. Lonnie Smith, is an American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was a member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s. He recorded albums with saxophonist Lou Donaldson for Blue Note before being signed as a solo act. He owns the label Pilgrimage.

Groove Merchant was an American jazz and R&B record label during the 1970s. It was run by producer Sonny Lester and distributed by Pickwick Records. Notable artists included Chick Corea, O'Donel Levy, Buddy Rich, Jimmy McGriff, and Lionel Hampton. Lester would later close Groove Merchant and restructure it as Lester Radio Corporation, or LRC, and have it distributed for a time by TK Records. Lester still retains the rights to the Groove Merchant/LRC back catalog and independently distributes them on compact disc.

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Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "Lonnie Smith embraces fusion for Keep on Lovin' , forsaking his signature Hammond B-3 for the Fender Rhodes. ... Purists will no doubt cry foul, but in truth the record's electric sheen isn't so far removed from his Blue Note heyday, and the energy and creativity of his playing demand respect regardless of context". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Smith except where noted

  1. "Keep on Lovin'" (Jerry Friedman) – 6:00
  2. "Sizzle Stick" (Brad Baker, Lance Quinn) – 5:57
  3. "Lean Meat" (Baker, Quinn) – 6:16
  4. "What I Want" – 5:58
  5. "Filet-o-Sole" (Bob Babbitt) – 5:44
  6. "No Tears Tomorrow" – 5:08

Personnel

Rhodes piano Electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes

The Rhodes piano is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became particularly popular throughout the 1970s. Like a piano, it generates sound using keys and hammers, but instead of strings, the hammers strike thin metal tines, which are then amplified via an electromagnetic pickup which is plugged into an external keyboard amplifier and speaker.

Randy Brecker American musician

Randal Edward Brecker is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B.

Alan Rubin Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member

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References

  1. ↑ Dr. Lonnie Smith Discography, accessed April 13, 2018
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 3300 Series, accessed April 13, 2018
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: Album details, accessed April 13, 2018
  4. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. Keep on Lovin' – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 13, 2018.
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