Soul Talk (Johnny "Hammond" Smith album)

Soul Talk
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released	1969
Recorded	May 19, 1969
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:20
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]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
• Rusty Bryant - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, varitone
• Wally Richardson - guitar
• Bob Bushnell - electric bass
• Bernard Purdie - drums

Production

• Bob Porter - producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References

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