Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail

Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith & Willis Jackson
Released 1962
Recorded June 12, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7239
Producer Esmond Edwards
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
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Willis Jackson chronology
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(1962)

Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith and saxophonist Willis Jackson recorded for the Prestige label in 1962.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album 3 stars and stating "This Smith/Jackson joint session is typical early-'60s Prestige soul-jazz, with all the good and bad that implies".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

  1. "Good 'Nuff"
  2. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional)
  3. "Sonja's Dreamland"
  4. "Bésame Mucho" (Sunny Skylar, Consuelo Velázquez)
  5. " Y'all" (Willis Jackson)
  6. "Neck Bones"
  7. "Delicious"

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed February 19, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed February 19, 2013.
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