Soul Talk (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

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Soul Talk
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Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released1969
RecordedMay 19, 1969
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length32:20
Label Prestige
PR 7681
Producer Bob Porter
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
Nasty!
(1968)		Soul Talk
(1969)		 Black Feeling!
(1969)

Soul Talk is an album by American jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1969. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars, calling it "a solid, no-surprise set of soul-jazz". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

  1. "Soul Talk" - 9:30
  2. "All Soul" (Curtis Lewis) - 5:30
  3. "Up to Date" - 7:50
  4. "Purty Dirty" (Wally Richardson) - 6:05
  5. "This Guy's in Love with You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:25

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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