Look Out! (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

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Look Out!
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Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith with Seldon Powell
Released1962
RecordedJanuary 22, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length37:17
Label New Jazz
NJ 8288
Producer Esmond Edwards
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail
(1962)		Look Out!
(1962)		 Black Coffee
(1962)

Look Out! is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith, with saxophonist Seldon Powell, recorded for the New Jazz label in 1962. [1] [2]

Johnny "Hammond" Smith American organist

John Robert "Johnny Hammond" Smith was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a renowned player of the Hammond B-3 organ so earning "Hammond" as a nickname, which also avoided his being confused with jazz guitarist Johnny Smith.

Seldon Powell was an American soul jazz, swing, and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

  1. "Upset" – 3:32
  2. "Soul Grits" – 5:51
  3. "There'll Never Be a Love" – 7:25
  4. "Let Everybody Say Amen" – 5:03
  5. "Clemente" – 5:37
  6. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) – 4:18
  7. "Que Sera Baby" – 3:41

Personnel

Hammond organ electric organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Various models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to specify a variety of sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and then strengthening the signal with an amplifier so it can drive a speaker cabinet. The organ is commonly used with, and associated with, the Leslie speaker.

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Vibraphone musical instrument

The vibraphone is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family. It consists of tuned metal bars, and is usually played by holding two or four soft mallets and striking the bars. People who play the vibraphone are called vibraphonists or vibraharpists.

Production

Esmond Edwards was an American photographer, record producer, and recording engineer. He worked for jazz label Prestige Records during the 1950s and early-1960s. He was originally hired by founder Bob Weinstock as a photographer for the record label. He was a trail-blazing African-American, as very few recording industry executives were from minorities. He took over the supervision of recording sessions as the Prestige label's success grew.

Record producer Individual who oversees and manages the recording of an artists music

A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many, varying roles during the recording process. They may gather musical ideas for the project, collaborate with the artists to select cover tunes or original songs by the artist/group, work with artists and help them to improve their songs, lyrics or arrangements.

Rudy Van Gelder American recording engineer

Rudolph Van Gelder was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver and Grant Green. He worked with many record companies but was most closely associated with Blue Note Records.

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed April 24, 2013
  2. ↑ Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 24, 2013
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed April 24, 2013.
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