A Little Taste
| A Little Taste | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 496 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology | ||||
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A Little Taste is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Richie Unterberger calls it "a sturdy quartet date... There's more of a straight jazz (as opposed to soul-jazz) influence on this than on some other Smith sessions of the time".[2]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated
- "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 5:28
- "Cleopatra and the African Knight" - 6:23
- "Bennie's Diggin'" - 4:24
- "Brake Through" - 4:35
- "Eloise" - 3:54
- "A Little Taste" (Cannonball Adderley) - 4:33
- "Twixt the Sheets" - 4:12
Personnel[edit]
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
- Virgil Jones - trumpet
- Houston Person — tenor saxophone
- Luis Taylor - drums
References[edit]
- ^ Riverside Records discography accessed November 6, 2012
- ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 6, 2012