Soul Flowers Explained

Soul Flowers
Type:	Album
Artist:	Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Cover:	Soul Flowers.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	September 27, 1967
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:00
Label:	Prestige PR 7549
Producer:	Cal Lampley
Chronology:	Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Prev Title:	Gettin' Up
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Dirty Grape
Next Year:	1968

Soul Flowers is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1967.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "When a soul-jazz artist decides to devote the bulk of his album to pop standards and themes from the movies, stage, and TV, he better make damn sure that he interprets them in an inventive fashion. Fortunately, that's what Smith manages to do on this 1967 session".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

1. "N.Y.P.D." (Charles Gross) - 3:30
2. "Dirty Apple" - 5:00
3. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 3:20
4. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) - 3:15
5. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:10
6. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:05
7. "Tara's Theme" (Max Steiner) - 3:35
8. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:45
9. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) - 5:20

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-7549 Prestige Records discography
2. http://www.johnnyhammondsmith.com/discography.html Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography
3. Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed April 24, 2013.