A Little Taste Explained

A Little Taste
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Cover:	A Little Taste.jpg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	1963 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Riverside RLP 496
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Chronology:	Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Prev Title:	Open House!
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	The Stinger
Next Year:	1964

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

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

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

1. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 5:28
2. "Cleopatra and the African Knight" - 6:23
3. "Bennie's Diggin'" - 4:24
4. "Brake Through" - 4:35
5. "Eloise" - 3:54
6. "A Little Taste" (Cannonball Adderley) - 4:33
7. "Twixt the Sheets" - 4:12

Personnel

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
• Virgil Jones - trumpet
  • Houston Person — tenor saxophone Luis Taylor - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-496 Riverside Records discography
2. Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 6, 2012