Gears (album)

Gears is an album by jazz keyboardist Johnny Hammond. It was released in 1975 and produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell.

Track listing

 * 1) Tell Me What to Do	5:16
 * 2) Los Conquistadores Chocolates 5:56
 * 3) Lost on 23rd Street	6:36
 * 4) Fantasy 6:06
 * 5) Shifting Gears	5:19
 * 6) Can't We Smile	4:35

Personnel

 * Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano
 * Larry Mizell - Keyboards (Solina), Backing Vocals
 * Fonce Mizell - Clarinet, Backing Vocals
 * Jerry Peters - Electric Piano, Piano
 * Harvey Mason - Drums
 * Chuck Rainey - Electric Bass
 * Craig McMullen, John Rowin - Guitar
 * Roger Glenn - Flute, Vibraphone
 * Kenneth Nash - Cymbal, Gong, Percussion
 * Hadley Caliman - Tenor Saxophone
 * Julian Priester - Trombone
 * Michael White - Violin

Samples
Several tracks have either sampled or taken inspiration from tracks on the album, most notably "Los Conquistadores Chocolates". A track titled "When You Gonna Learn" by UK group Jamiroquai, led by founding member Jay Kay, has chord progressions that bear a striking resemblance to the original chord progressions of a Smith's track "Los Conquistadores Chocolates". However, this was not by accident, as the booklet of the Acid Jazz Records release of the single bears a "special thanks" note to Smith, who gave permission to Jay Kay to use the composition's structure.