Dirty Grape Explained

Dirty Grape
Type:	Album
Artist:	Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Cover:	Dirty Grape.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	January 31, 1968
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:47
Label:	Prestige PR 7564
Producer:	Cal Lampley
Chronology:	Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Prev Title:	Soul Flowers
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Nasty!
Next Year:	1968

Dirty Grape is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1968.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars calling it a "pleasant but moderately by-numbers set of late 1960s soul-jazz".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

1. "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (Robert Higginbotham) - 5:47
2. "To Sir With Love" (Don Black, Mark London) - 3:34
3. "Dirty Grape" (Wally Richardson) - 3:05
4. "Animal Farm" - 8:13
5. "Black Strap Molasses" (Richardson) - 3:11
6. "She's Gone Again" - 3:32
7. "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" (Dave Linden, Ben Raleigh) - 3:45
8. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 5:30

Personnel

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
• Earl Edwards, Houston Person - tenor saxophone
• Wally Richardson - guitar
• Jimmy Lewis - electric bass
• John Harris - drums
• Richie "Pablo" Landrum - congas

Production

• Cal Lampley - producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7500-series/#pr-7564 Prestige Records discography
2. http://www.johnnyhammondsmith.com/discography.html Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography
3. Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed April 29, 2013.