Black Feeling! Explained

Black Feeling!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Cover:	Black Feeling!.jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	December 22, 1969
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Prestige PR 7736
Producer:	Bob Porter
Chronology:	Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Prev Title:	Soul Talk
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Here It 'Tis
Next Year:	1970

Black Feeling! is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1969.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Without varying his basic template that much, Smith did employ a much fuller combo for Black Feeling!".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted.

1. "Black Feeling" (Leo Johnson) – 6:30
2. "Kindra" (Johnson) – 5:40
3. "Johnny Hammond Boogaloo" (Wally Richardson) – 5:00
4. "Dig On It" (Johnson) – 7:55
5. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 4:25
6. "Soul Talk-1970" – 6:20

Personnel

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith – organ
• Virgil Jones – trumpet
• Rusty Bryant, Leo Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Wally Richardson – guitar
• Jimmy Lewis – electric bass
• Bernard Purdie – drums

Production

• Bob Porter – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7700-series/#pr-7736 Prestige Records discography
2. http://www.johnnyhammondsmith.com/discography.html Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography
3. Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed April 30, 2013.